What if microbes could drift through the vastness of space like pollen in the wind, planting the seeds of life on planets both far and wide?...
Sometimes our eyes play tricks on us, and sometimes, we play tricks on them. Optical illusions have entranced neuroscientists for decades, but these false messages have...
Where do dreams come from? It's an age-old question, something people have been wondering and theorising about for millennia.
When Comet NEOWISE streaked by Earth in July, we were dazzled by a plethora of stunning photographs of the twin-tailed space rock.
Radioactive dust deep beneath the ocean waves suggest that Earth is moving through a massive cloud left behind by an exploded star.
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Earlier this year, astronomers announced a dazzling discovery. A fast radio burst called FRB 121102 wasn't just repeating - it was repeating on a discernible cycle.
Billions of years ago, rain once fell on the Martian plain, and not always softly.
The mantis shrimp is quite a fearsome foe. While they're neither shrimp nor mantis, this marine crustacean, measuring about just 10 centimetres (4 inches) long, has incredible...
A major new study has been published - one that gives much more certainty on the extent of future warming we might expect.