How Could We Find Extraterrestrials? Hunt for extraterrestrial life gets massive methane boost
A powerful new model to detect life on planets outside of our solar system, more accurately than ever before, has been developed by UCL…
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Tell me as you sleep and I will tell you that couple you are! Research reveals what your sleeping position…
…says about your relationship. Research carried out at the Edinburgh International Science Festival has discovered what people’s preferred sleeping position reveals about their relationships…
Hubble Space Telescope unveils a colourful view of the Universe
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured the most comprehensive picture ever assembled of the evolving Universe — and one of the most…
The robot revolution already happened? Science fiction was right! Think fast, robot…
Algorithm that harnesses data from a new sensor could make autonomous robots more nimble. One of the reasons we don’t yet have self-driving cars…
Sperm cells are extremely efficient at swimming against a current. Study may explain how…
…sperm travel long distances. Study may explain how sperm travel long distances, through difficult terrain, to reach an egg. Like salmon traveling upstream to…
Every galaxy has a massive black hole at its heart. The many hearts of the universe, cosmic love…
NASA’s WISE Findings Poke Hole in Black Hole ‘Doughnut’ Theory. A survey of more than 170,000 supermassive black holes, using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey…
Smile, Citizens of the World! NASA Releases Earth Day “Global Selfie” Mosaic of Our Home Planet
For Earth Day this year, NASA invited people around the world to step outside to take a “selfie” and share it with the world…
Scientists discover how to turn light into matter after 80-year quest. And Fiat Lux…
Imperial physicists have discovered how to create matter from light – a feat thought impossible when the idea was first theorised 80 years ago.…
Searching signs of Aliens: The Quest for Contact: NASA’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
This video details the history and current efforts of NASA’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program. The video explains the use of radiotelescopes to monitor…
The shrinking of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Hubble snaps stormy region at its smallest size ever
Jupiter’s trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling storm feature larger than Earth — is shrinking. This downsizing, which is changing the shape of…
The largest solar boat in the world look in the past of ancient Greece. Exploring submerged prehistoric landscapes
This summer, a group of research scientists from Greece and Switzerland will take part in the TerraSubmersa expedition in the Argolic Gulf in Greece.…
Origin of Life: the primordial soup recreated in the laboratory. Metabolism may have started in…
…Our early oceans before the origin of life. Chemical reactions crucial to the formation of metabolites in modern organisms may have started spontaneously in…
NASA’s Spitzer and WISE Telescopes Find Close, Cold Neighbor of Sun
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the coldest “brown dwarf” known — a dim,…
From Earthlings to Martians: Mars One Begins Work on Simulation Mars Home for Crew
Mars One is excited to announce the launch of a simulation project to replicate the future Mars human outpost here on Earth. Mars One…
Kepler Telescope Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in ‘Habitable Zone’. Hello ET, we come in peace…
Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone” — the range of distance…
A cross-section of the Universe. An image of a galaxy cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Gives a remarkable cross-section of the Universe, showing objects at different distances and stages in cosmic history. They range from cosmic near neighbours to…
Living organ regenerated for first time. Medical procedures that can rejuvenate human body parts…
…have moved a step closer with the completion of a new study. A team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh has succeeded in…
The Lord of the Rings: NASA Cassini Images May Reveal Birth of New Saturn Moon
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and…