NO ALIENS, dead or alive, have ever been taken to Porton Down, a government website proclaimed last year in an attempt to ...

Groundbreaking research in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is revealing that communication among whales is far ...

Image courtesy of FX. By Luis Zonenberg While we continue to look back on last year’s film catalogue, there is still a ...

Thirty years ago, a distinguished group held its first formal meeting here in Las Vegas to discuss how they might approach ...

Rocket Lab launched a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite from New Zealand on Thursday (Jan. 29), about six weeks ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope detected organic molecules coming off comet 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar visitor made its closest approach to Earth in December.

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their incredibly strong trunks ...

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...