Butterflies thrive in micro-reserve garden
Image source, Jaco Costerus - Butterfly ConservationImage caption, Typical gardens would only have between five and 10 d...
How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
ByMatt McGrath, Environment correspondent and Esme Stallard, Climate and Science Mandy Bourne lives with her 80‑year‑old...
'It's going to do things that currently are impossible': The Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is ready to launch Aug. 30
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Aug. 30. It'll map the entire sky li...
Watch this stirring new 'Star Trek' 60th anniversary video saluting the iconic sci-fi franchise
Last weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, Paramount revealed a moving "Star Trek" tribute video created for the franchise's 6...
Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago
A new lidar survey of dense Amazonian rainforest has revealed hundreds of earthworks made by a mysterious civilization t...
Chinese rocket hit by rare midair lightning strike moments after launch as onlookers gasp in horror (video)
A Long March 3B rocket was struck by lightning in front of a packed crowd, around 30 seconds after lifting off from a Ch...
Antarctica just experienced minus 119 F, Earth's coldest temperature since 2012 — here's why
Too hot? Head to the Concordia research station in Antarctica, where "astronauts of ice" just experienced near-record-br...
NASA launched this spacecraft to save a satellite. Now, it needs saving too
NASA launched the Swift Boost mission earlier this month to try and save one of its aging science observatories, but the...
New telescope images provide best evidence yet that the bright red star Betelgeuse is actually 2 stars in disguise
A century-old mystery about the night sky's famous "shoulder star" may finally be solved, as astronomers capture the sha...
SpaceX launching secret US spy satellite early on July 30: Watch it live
SpaceX plans to launch a secret reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government early on Thursday morning (July 30), and ...
Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a da...
Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggests
Baboons and macaques appear to use some of the same mental strategies as humans when matching shapes, suggesting that th...