'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever
Astronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a r...
Decorated wild-boar tusk found in Russia may have been medieval warrior's good-luck charm
A 12th-century wild-boar tusk found in Russia may be a warrior's amulet.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have gotten a glimpse at the mechanisms that supermassive black...
From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding - the composters keeping it local
Image source, Heledd WynImage caption, Steph Robinson and ffin Jordao first met at the Centre for Alternative Technology...
Shark scientists gets £1m to help protect them
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Scientists will use 75 electronic tags to track sharks including the blue sharkByJu...
Britain set for butterfly boom after hot spring
Image source, Iain H LeachImage caption, Butterflies have benefited from warm weather, experts have saidByZhara SimpsonS...
Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals
Maternal cells that infiltrate children's brains during pregnancy take on different jobs in the brain and may persist in...
Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July ...
James Webb telescope uses trippy Einstein prediction to probe the farthest reaches of the universe — Space photo of the week
The James Webb telescope peers through a warped bubble of space-time to study galaxies from the first billion years afte...
What's the oldest weapon in the world?
There are a few contenders for the world's oldest weapon, and one is over 400,000 years old.
Science word of the day: Autotroph
Science word of the day: AutotrophPronunciation: AW'-tuh-trohfWhat it means: Autotrophs are organisms that can feed them...
Is Burnham promising a new dawn for North Sea oil and gas?
Image source, PA MediaByKevin KeaneScotland energy correspondentPublished1 minute agoThe final weekend before Andy Burnh...