A dying massive star is not a peaceful event. It blasts off its outer material in a colossal explosion, irradiating space with high-energy gamma radiation for...
Scientists have developed a new hydrogel able to quickly heal animal wounds while minimising scarring, with the immune system's help. It could potentially work...
The Universe can be a bit like a magic trick. When you shift to look at the different wavelengths of light, you can see all sorts...
We know that Mars was once much wetter than it is now, but the questions of when water formed and evaporated away are much more difficult...
Spending regular time in nature appears to come with strong psychological benefits. As more compelling evidence rolls in, doctors are increasingly prescribing time...
The afterglow of the mineral hackmanite (or tenebrescent sodalite) is a fascinating natural phenomenon that has long been a mystery to scientists – even if we're...
Neanderthals may have lost out to Homo sapiens in the evolutionary battle for survival, but as time goes on we're learning about more and more similarities...
Birds are one of the most well studied groups of animals in the world, and yet, we're still finding new species, some of which we've never...
Between the two halves of our brains is a gap filled with fluid and spanned only by the corpus callosum: a bridge of neural fibres that...
What you're seeing in this remarkable image from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile is something that's never been observed anywhere else: A planetary nebula...