On Earth, we're constantly detecting signals from deep space ... Experts admit even their best theories do not account for ...

Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions ...

Astronomers have spotted 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Bigger, faster, and possibly far older than ‘Oumuamua or Borisov, this icy traveler could help ...

Hard sci-fi is rooted in scientific accuracy and logic, and 21st-century movies like Arrival and Interstellar are the best depiction of this subgenre.

Early Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new ...

An interdisciplinary team of specialists has revealed a large, hypercarnivorous crocodile that lived in southern Argentina ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered new details in the Butterfly Nebula, offering clues to how rocky planets like Earth are formed.

Thanks to the planetary alignment at the time of the eclipse, a record-breaking 7 billion people will be able to see the celestial event. Obviously, weather permitting, but up to 60 percent of the ...

Asteroid Bennu’s samples show how surface exposure drives color changes and reveal phosphates and organics linked to life’s origins.

Scientists observing telescopic images from Mt. Haleakala on Maui have taken a leap forward in understanding solar flares ...

An American energy leader is warning that several progressive "green" groups opposing President Donald Trump’s nuclear energy plans are linked to a "web of dark money" groups.

The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction ...