January 2025

Composite image of the Tycho Supernova remnant. Shock waves from such explosive events are believed to be the main drivers behind cosmic …

The Sun can kill. Until Earth developed its ozone layer hundreds of millions of years ago, life couldn’t venture out onto dry …

This image provided by researchers shows intricate tattoo designs on a mummified human from Peru’s Chancay culture in visible light and using …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now …

It’s easy to forget that, despite life having existed on Earth for billions of years and despite our relatively carefree existence from …

A Middle Dutch fragment (“mijn mont sal voertkundigen dijn lof. God wilt dencke”) on the inside of Leiden, UB, 617 F 19; …

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 11, …

It’s turns out that you don’t need a high-powered quantum experiment to observe Heisenberg’s uncertainty Principle. You just need to go the …

It’s not unusual for space probes to complete gravitational flyby manoeuvres en route to their destination. It’s a bit more unusual when …

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the Nebular Hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust and gas …