EU proposes slowing down cuts to carbon emissions for businesses
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The ETS, introduced in 2005, is the EU's main tool for curbing greenhouse ...
'RNA can do things which we have never seen before': New study challenges assumptions about what RNA was up to at the dawn of life
RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D st...
Earth's largest particle accelerator opens new window into the early universe just after the Big Bang: 'A culmination of a decades-long quest'
According to one researcher, this observation "promises new insights into the evolution of the early universe."
US Republicans accuse Canada of wildfire inaction
Image source, Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty ImagesImage caption, Smoke from the massive wildfires has cast an orange haz...
Making history: Watch Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, launch early on July 18
India's first privately built orbital rocket, Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1, will try to reach orbit early Saturday morni...
Perseid meteors to light up night sky in one of the year's most active showers
Image source, Getty/bjdlzxImage caption, The Perseid meteor shower over China, August 2018By BBC WeatherPublished1 minut...
'These are striking forecasts': Super El Niño keeps getting even more likely, and it could bring a humanitarian crisis
Forecasts point to the ongoing El Niño rapidly strengthening to a likely all-time record in the coming months, fueling t...
'Explosive diarrhea' parasite infections in 5 states linked to Taco Bell lettuce; other cases still under investigation
Lettuce served at Taco Bell has been identified as a source of Cyclospora infections affecting people across five states...
UK heatwave hits two-week mark
UK heatwave hits two-week markTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be pla...
'The Starry Night' in space: Dark Energy Camera channels a cosmic Van Gogh (video)
The Dark Energy Camera has captured a vibrant view of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, with the star-forming region...
'Shared cosmic experience': 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis could be visible to 90% of Earth's population during ultraclose 2029 flyby, new maps reveal
Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly pas...
Smoke from devastating Canada wildfires visible from space | Space photo of the day for July 17, 2026
Satellites have captured images of the billowing smoke.