The increase in global temperatures has led to the thawing of the frozen Arctic soil, or permafrost, in the northern hemisphere and the release of CO2...
China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has successfully entered the orbit of Mars, broadcaster CCTV says.
New capabilities developed by an international team of astronomers make it possible to directly image planets that could potentially harbor life within the habitable...
Unsettlingly, it appears that spiders' legs really do have minds of their own.
A unique heart shape, with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered at the center of the iconic supernova remnant,...
Bright speck in space near Alpha Centauri A may be evidence of asteroids or dust – or a technical glitch
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft appears poised to enter orbit around Mars, one day after an orbiter from the United Arab Emirates did so and...
A study of coelacanth DNA indicates that its genome has undergone several major changes in recent evolutionary history, possibly dispelling the common picture of...
Space - the next frontier for gender equality? Europe's space agency launched a mission this week to take on more women astronauts as it kicked off...
In 1938, a living relic, thought 65 million years long extinct, was accidentally captured in a trawl net off the coast of South Africa.