Chinese Tianwen-1 follows NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed last Thursday near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater to search for signs of ancient microscopic...
High in the Himalayas, a four-to-five-day trek from the nearest village, sits an unassuming glacial lake called Roopkund. The spot is beautiful, a dollop of jewel-toned...
From a black hole to the South Pole: Scientists identify first neutrino from a tidal disruption event.
A new Oculus Quest feature expands the headset’s Guardian mode by letting you mark your real couch as an object that’ll show up in VR. It’s...
A new study has for the first time explored the extraordinary rate at which the worlds largest fish, the endangered whale shark, can recover from its...
Only about six people knew about the encoded message before the landing - and there are more hidden surprises to be found.
The China National Space Administration says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has executed a manoeuvre to adjust its orbit as it nears Mars.
To scientists’ surprise, a 10,000-year-old bone found in an Alaskan cave belonged to a domestic dog — one of the earliest known from the Americas.
Gripping footage of NASA's Perseverance rover (nicknamed Percy) landing on Mars was released to the public last night.
The surface of Mars is a harsh frozen desert, but some microbes from Earth could temporarily survive there, according to a new study. And the researchers...