James Webb may have spotted three bizarre, ultra-ancient “dark stars” that aren’t dark at all - objects possibly powered by ...

A young solar system does not just build planets from dust and gas. It can also be shaped by what happens nearby, including ...

Jupiter has 79 known moons, the four largest of which are known as the 'Galilean moons'. These four worlds are among the most fascinating in our entire solar system. In this article, we will attempt ...

A few of the deeper returning questions people engage with in conversations and discussions about cosmology relate to what happened before the big bang and what instigated the big bang in the first ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester and The Australian National University have created a new molecule that may soon enable ultra-compact hard drives (the size of a postage stamp) by allowing ...

The human brain, our most complicated organ, has gone through several growth spurts throughout the eons. But about 3000 years ago, something remarkable happened. Instead of the typical continued ...

Imagine peering into the night sky with a powerful telescope and seeing galaxies scattered across the cosmic landscape. Some are so distant that their light has been travelling for over 13 billion ...

Rogue planets, also referred to as interstellar, orphan, or nomad planets, are planets that do not orbit a star but instead roam through space on their own, orbiting the center of our galaxy. One of ...

Dementia is a growing concern worldwide; it is predicted that the number of people with dementia will triple in less than 30 years. This debilitating condition can have a profound impact on the ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

An international team of astronomers, led by scientists at the University of Birmingham, has reported the second-ever discovery of a multi-exoplanetary circumbinary system in the peer-reviewed journal ...

Many people suffer from the transition from standard (winter) time to daylight saving time (a.k.a. summer time in Europe). If we elect to give up on changing the time twice a year altogether, what ...