From the killer shark of Jaws to the tornado-tossed predators of the Sharknado movies, films have long portrayed sharks as objects of summer fear. But when a shark cuts through […]
Asteroids could one day help solve one of the biggest challenges of establishing a permanent human settlement on Mars: supplying the raw materials needed to build and maintain it. A […]
China has successfully launched two advanced remote sensing satellites equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology into designated orbit. The sea-based launch was conducted using the ‘Smart Dragon-3’ carrier rocket off […]
A discarded 4,000-kilogram upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has crashed into the Moon after drifting through space for more than 18 months, scientists said on Wednesday. […]
Scientists have uncovered the earliest known evidence of the evolutionary structures that later became spider fangs, identifying them in a 518-million-year-old fossil from China’s famous Chengjiang fossil site. The discovery, […]
Chinese scientists have proposed that detonating a nuclear device beneath the surface of a large asteroid could be the most effective way to prevent a catastrophic collision with Earth, particularly […]
Scientists have uncovered a crucial step in recreating the complex chemistry of two highly poisonous plants—wolfsbane and larkspur—raising hopes for the development of new treatments for pain, malaria, cancer and […]
NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, on August 30, 2026, marking a major step forward in the exploration of the […]
Astronomers have estimated that around 170 million stellar-mass black holes are hidden throughout the Milky Way, offering the most detailed picture yet of the galaxy’s invisible population of these cosmic […]
Scientists have identified a new species of monkey in the dense rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ending a mystery that began with a single photograph taken nearly two […]