The circular wisps are mostly condensed water vapor

The origin date for flowers is a source of debate among scientists – but a new approach may help bring clarity to the question.

‘Chewing muscles were no longer needed.’

Heat stress from global heating could lead to impaired vision and increased deaths of pregnant mothers and their unborn young, Australian researchers say

SpaceX has made significant progress toward what once seemed an unattainable goal.

An extinct species of fox was found buried alongside more than 20 humans from over 1,500 years ago.

Huge chunks of an asteroid that NASA sent a spacecraft slamming into may one day collide with Mars, new research has found.

We have enough genetic material to bring back the northern white rhino, but doing so won’t be easy

The expansion rate of the universe, measured by the Hubble constant, has been one of the most controversial numbers in cosmology for years, and we seem at last to be close to nailing it down

The video shows the moon’s shadow racing across the country during the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Astounding research suggests our biological makeup is star-spun.

Its gigantic peepers endow it with an impressive level of eyesight.

Polyene pigments are found in abundance across the animal world and are involved in most red, yellow, and orange colors.

In the quest to find the universe’s elusive mass, it might be time to use the densest objects short of black holes as detectors.

Something sinister is throwing off the silent timekeepers in trunks.

Researchers have used quantum light to create a magnetic field with a strength that is measured in imaginary numbers

The physicist was thrust into the limelight at 83 after his theories were finally proved, confirming the existence of a so-called God particle that holds the universe together.

Huge gravity of these dense stars, which have burned all their own fuel, rips apart smaller planetary bodies

Coyotes yipping, owls hooting and gorillas marching off to bed – Monday’s solar eclipse made animals react in strange ways.

Monthly hot streak continues in March with scientists struggling to explain the scale of recent heating.

Releasing 1 gigatonne of ground-up olivine on coastal shelves each year could help lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, find researchers, but questions remain over the ecological impact

Every month since April 2023 has been the hottest on record, as climate continues its record-breaking streak

For scientists a total solar eclipse can be a fleeting chance to understand something deeper about their field of research. Madeleine Finlay meets professors Huw Morgan and Adam Hartstone-Rose to find out what they hoped to learn from 8 April’s four minutes of darkness

On 8 April, a total solar eclipse passed over Mexico, the US and Canada – here are some of the most stunning images

The discovery throws into question our understanding of animal evolution.

Brief letters: Protecting dialects | Titus Andronicus confusion | Gruesome sound effects | Pensioner stereotypes | Soap storylines

NASA footage from the International Space Station shows a massive, looming cloud of darkness engulfing huge swathes of the United States.

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), otherwise known as Danuri, photobomed NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The so-called “mass gap” might be less empty than physicists previously thought.

Three companies are competing to design NASA’s lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) for the agency’s Artemis campaign

Their blood equivalent, hemolymph, forms a viscoelastic fluid that covers wounds.

Preying on the open wounds of mammals, the new world screwworm is the stuff of nightmares.

The sounds are inaudible to the human ear, and may be a way to thwart off hungry predators.

Ham radio operators around the U.S. will help scientists research how eclipses affect the Earth’s ionosphere.

The largest 3D map of the universe ever made hints that dark energy might not be a constant, though the findings must be backed up with more data

Keystone species has potentially enormous effects on above-ground wildlife and ecosystem functioning

It’s the most complete skull of its kind on the planet.

Scientists peeled back the layers of history to find the afflictions of a bygone era.

Dallas-based firm Colossal Biosciences is attempting to “de-extinct” the mammoth, the dodo, and the Tasmanian tiger, using genetic engineering.

Generation ships offer a tantalizing possibility: transporting humans on a permanent voyage to a new home among the stars.

Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals

Researchers are trying to figure out what kind of collision made a unique wave signal from 650 million light-years away

From colanders to solar projection screens, filters, telescopes and glasses, there are many ways to safely view the Sun or a solar eclipse.

Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining climate crisis

Rare celestial event on Monday will see the moon block out the sun for a few minutes and day turn to night, with fans hoping the clouds don’t spoil the view

The eclipse is about to begin. Totality will arrive at Mexico’s west coast around 11.07am local time, moving east until it leaves Newfoundland, Canada, around 5.16pm there

Why are comets considered harbingers of doom, and what historical events occurred around the time of a comet’s appearance?

See a lunar occultation of Venus the day before the solar eclipse, as Venus disappears behind a very thin crescent Moon during daytime.

Study raises alarm over rapid decline of the Southern Resident killer whale population.

New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.