Our science section features some of the most recent developments in science. We transform complex research into accessible storytelling. From the depths of the Mesozoic era to the edge of the universe, we bring you the latest scientific discoveries and findings. Our features include stories that highlight cutting-edge research, developments in astronomy, and interviews with researchers and innovators....Read More
Our science section features some of the most recent developments in science. We transform complex research into accessible storytelling. From the depths of the Mesozoic era to the edge of the universe, we bring you the latest scientific discoveries and findings. Our features include stories that highlight cutting-edge research, developments in astronomy, and interviews with researchers and innovators.
We track critical developments in climate change and sustainable technologies. From neuroscience to genetics, our coverage spans across diverse fields. We bring you live coverage of major science conferences, breakthrough announcements, and space missions as they happen.
April 4, 2023
A repeating radio signal from a dwarf star about 12 light years away from our planet suggests that one of its stars could potentially host life.
April 6, 2023
April 3, 2023
NASA announced the four Artemis 2 astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch. Here is what you need to know about them.
April 7, 2023
April 3, 2023
Researchers have recorded and analysed the sounds made by plants when they are in distress. Interestingly, these sounds are not too different from the sound of popping popcorn.
April 7, 2023
April 1, 2023
Astronomers are trying to understand how an explosion in space turned out to be flat like a pancake, instead of spherical, like they usually are.
April 5, 2023
April 1, 2023
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are set to announce the four astronauts for the Artemis 2 mission. Here is everything you need to know about the mission and how to live stream the announcement.
April 3, 2023
April 1, 2023
A powerful X-class solar flare slammed into the Earth on Wednesday, causing radio blackouts in many parts of the world. With solar activity ramping up in recent weeks, you could expect that to happen again.
April 3, 2023
March 31, 2023
NASA has appointed Amit Kshatriya to head its new Moon to Mars Program Office. Here is everything you need to know about him.
April 3, 2023
March 31, 2023
NASA has set up a Moon to Mars Program Office, which will support the agency's human spaceflight operations to the Moon and Mars.
April 3, 2023
March 31, 2023
Bits of Saturn's stunning ring system seem to be falling into the planet, heating up its atmosphere.
April 3, 2023
March 31, 2023
Scientists may finally cracked a long-standing astronomical puzzle—what is the cause of a mysterious kind of radio signal known as fast radio bursts.
March 31, 2023
March 30, 2023
An ultramassive black hole 30 billion times the mass of our Sun—one of the biggest ever found—was discovered due to a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing.
March 31, 2023
March 30, 2023
Just like on Earth, galactic winds can shape the "ecology and environment" of the universe.
March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023
Tokyo-based ALE plans to launch small satellites that can produce artificial meteor showers.
March 31, 2023
March 29, 2023
Astronomers are studying an unusually long-lasting and powerful signal from a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful class of explosion in the universe, that swept through our planet last year.
March 31, 2023
March 29, 2023
A Pentagon official and a Harvard scientist have written a paper that explores how an alien mothership could exist in our solar system while sending "mini-probes" to explore Earth and other planets.
April 5, 2023
March 28, 2023
The Hakuto-R lander, built by Japanese private space technology company Ispace, sent back this beautiful image of the Moon from the lunar orbit.
March 31, 2023
March 28, 2023
NASA unveiled the prototype of spacesuit that will be used for Artemis missions and it sported a striking black and orange colour scheme.
March 30, 2023
March 28, 2023
The bright arcs and the streaks of light in this Webb image betray a phenomenon known as "gravitational lensing," which scientists use to observe galaxies that otherwise would have been too far away.
March 30, 2023
March 28, 2023
Here is how 5 planets —Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars — aligned in the night sky on March 28.
March 30, 2023
March 25, 2023
NASA is preparing for the finale of the OSIRIS-REx mission, which will be the first US mission to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth.
March 30, 2023
March 25, 2023
Researchers have created a robotic "biohybrid" system that can be used to study notoriously finicky honeybee colonies.
March 30, 2023
March 25, 2023
Five planets—Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars—will be visible in the night sky in March.
March 30, 2023
March 25, 2023
The US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave the geomagnetic storm a severity grade of G4, which is the second-highest grade possible.
March 30, 2023
March 24, 2023
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this stunning star-studded image which shows a part of the Messier 55 globular cluster.
March 30, 2023
March 24, 2023
Instead of looking at distant planets using telescopes to find signs of alien life, it might be more practical for scientists to study the dust that comes from other worlds.
March 30, 2023