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.
November 1, 2022
AStronomers have spotted three asteroids that are hiding in the Sun's glare, one of which is a "planet killer" asteroids that could one day cross paths with Earth.
November 1, 2022
October 31, 2022
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunning image of a nebula with what appears to be the inky blackness of cosmic emptiness at its centre.
October 31, 2022
October 31, 2022
The European Space Agency's Mars Express was launched more than 19 years ago. The MARSIS instrument aboard the spacecraft was designed to study Mars but a recent software update meant that it was able to take observations of Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons.
October 31, 2022
October 31, 2022
NASA's Lucy is the first ever mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which are an “ancient population of asteroid fossils” that are believed to have been made out of the same materials which led to the formation of the planets in our solar system nearly 4 billion years ago.
October 31, 2022
October 31, 2022
The pillars of creation was first captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and even the James Webb Space Telescope had captured a more detailed image of it earlier this month. But this new mid-infrared image shows the cosmic object in a new "eerie" light.
October 31, 2022
October 31, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured this image of a galactic merger by using its infrared capabilities to see past the shroud of dust blocking the phenomenon.
October 31, 2022
October 30, 2022
From meteorite strikes on Mars to the James Webb Space Telescope capturing multiple galaxies merging near a black hole, read about it all in our weekly space news recap.
October 30, 2022
October 27, 2022
In an 'unprecedented' surprise for astronomers, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured a crisp image of multiple galaxies merging.
October 27, 2022
October 26, 2022
NASA has formed a 16-member team to investigate 'unidentified aerial phenomena' (UAPs) or 'unidentified flying objects' (UFOs). But don't think you will get classified information on aliens. Here is why.
October 26, 2022
October 26, 2022
With a new simulation study, researchers have found that microbes could live just under the surface of Mars for much longer than previously thought.
October 26, 2022
October 26, 2022
The International Space Station had to fire a thruster to dodge the debris from a 2021 Russian anti-missile test.
October 26, 2022
October 25, 2022
Solar Eclipse 2022 Time, Surya Grahan Time in India Live Updates: Watch and get live updates of the last solar eclipse of the year as it happens
October 26, 2022
October 23, 2022
From the birth of a black hole to returning asteroid samples to Earth, read about it all in our weekly space news recap.
October 23, 2022
October 23, 2022
We don't really know where aliens are but a new discovery about planets surrounding M dwarf stars means that we may know more about where they are not.
October 24, 2022
October 19, 2022
NASA has given the greenlight for spacewalks outside the International Space Station after a seven-month-pause due to an incident in March.
October 19, 2022
October 19, 2022
Orionid Meteor Shower 2022: Here is what you need to know about the
October 20, 2022
October 18, 2022
Astronomers have discovered over 30,000 near-Earth asteroids and we keep discovering them and a faster and faster rate. Here is how they are discovered and how scientists find out if they are a threat to the Earth.
October 18, 2022
October 18, 2022
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took off from the asteroid Bennu on May 10, 2021. Here is how the space agency plans to have the spacecraft "drop a parcel" containing asteroid samples to Earth.
October 18, 2022
October 17, 2022
Many different observatories detected a powerful blast of radiation that swept through the Earth and out solar system.
October 18, 2022
October 17, 2022
Astronomers have discovered how stars that are about to explode in a supernova will give 'warnings' weeks or months before they explode.
October 17, 2022
October 17, 2022
Scientists transplanted human cells into a rat's brain to create "hybrid circuits" that can be used to conduct experiments that would be deemed too invasive, dangerous or downright impossible to conduct on humans.
October 17, 2022
October 16, 2022
From the possibility of microbes on ancient Mars to a black hole 'burping' out stellar material years after swallowing a star.
October 16, 2022
October 13, 2022
A black hole shredded a star apart and consumed it in 2018 and then, almost three years later, it "burped out" some of the stellar material in a phenomenon astronomers say they have never seen before.
October 16, 2022
October 13, 2022
ESA's Solar Orbiter took a sequence of images of the Sun before its close fly-by today.
October 16, 2022
October 13, 2022
The Webb telescope spotted a bizarre set of concentric rings made out of stardust in deep space
October 16, 2022