Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests
A remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar to those generated when asteroid impacts blast debris off Mars,…
Sudden Glacier Collapse, Fastest Ever
Image by Robert Wong. Hektoria Glacier (Antarctica) retreated 8 kilometers (5 miles) in only two months; one-half of…
Why are vertebrate eyes so different from those of other animals?
“We think that in this early deuterostome, the median eye contained both ciliary and rhabdomeric cells,” Kafetzis explains.…
Big EU lobby groups exaggerated industry support for attack on carbon price – POLITICO
Merz jumped on the demands to suggest he was open to weakening the policy, comments he later rowed…
Molecular “catapult” discovery could transform solar energy technology
image: ©Ramberg | iStock Scientists at the University of Cambridge have revealed a new mechanism that allows electrons…
Cellular Aging Atlas Shows How Tissues Decline With Age
Slowing the aging process has become a focal point for scientists looking to reduce the risk of age-related…
ESA Has Lost Contact With One of Its PROBA-3 Spacecraft
Credit: ESA / DTU Space The European Space Agency announced on 6 March that it had lost contact…
Senior Man From South Korea Adopts Wild Boar as Pet
Photo: Byrdyak/Depositphotos (Not the actual wild boar from the story) A wild boar is not a creature you’d…
Phew! ‘City killer’ asteroid won’t hit our Moon after all. Scientists say they’re ruling out a lunar impact
Undoubtedly one of the biggest space science stories of 2025 was the news of asteroid 2024 YR4 which,…
Scientists uncover origin of three mysterious signals coming from Milky Way
Researchers at King’s College London have found that a peculiar form of dark matter could be behind three…
Mass stranding of whales on Scottish beach caused by loyalty to their pod, report finds | Whales
The mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023 was caused by…
Water bears on Mars: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy?
Artist’s concept of a tardigrade, or water bear, floating in space. These creatures are small, about the size…