Science

The Milky Way is often drawn as a serene, flat spiral. ESA’s Gaia telescope has left us with…

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has fallen to a record low — yet another…

The Chinese commercial launch company Landspace is set for a second attempt at catching an orbital booster. The…

In counting geoneutrinos, physicists can get a direct measure of Earth’s vital heat-producing elements. “It’s the one thing…

The giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) is the longest known bony fish on the planet. A record-breaking 7.6 metre…

On Aug. 7, 1980, NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft ended its epic and historic mission on the Red Planet.…

When we think of a major earthquake striking Aotearoa New Zealand, our minds first turn to collapsed buildings…

For the observer hovering above one of these boundaries, Kuridze says, the view would depend on the time…

Insider Brief Researchers demonstrated for the first time that concentrated sunlight can generate quantum-entangled photon pairs with high…

A wolf emerges from a transport crate after being flown to a release site, part of efforts to…

Most longevity enthusiasts are trying to slow aging, but Adam Ficsor wants to outrun it. The software engineer…

At the top and bottom of the planet, the seasons arrive on a schedule all their own. Satellite…

ESA’s Gaia telescope has mapped a giant wave rippling outward from the Milky Way’s centre, pushing stars tens of thousands of light-years out of place — and scientists still don’t know what set it in motion