We now know that many diseases are linked to structural repeats in the centromere, and now that these sequences are no longer missing from the human reference genome we can begin to map the origins o… [+1769 chars]
NASA's Hubble telescope has smashed records by observing the farthest individual star ever seen, having detected light from a star that took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth. Nicknamed "Earendel," … [+3831 chars]
NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 mission astronauts include (from left) NASA astronaut Bob Hines, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Kjell Lindgren. (Image credit: NASA)… [+4991 chars]
A MAN has snapped one of the clearest photos of the International Space Station ever taken from Earth. German photographer Sebastian Voltmer snapped a remarkable image in which you can make out two … [+2789 chars]
More than 20 years ago, scientists announced that they had sequenced the entire human genome in all its glory - a major and historic breakthrough that was hailed across the world. However, 8 per cen… [+3939 chars]