Determining the history of Mars, how it formed and evolved over time, has been a goal of both orbiter and rover missions to the Red Planet for decades. Analyzing data from several of these Mars miss… [+5399 chars]
CERNs Large Hadron Collider came back online last week after a three-year break for maintenance and upgrades; yesterday, the collaboration announced that two proton beams had been accelerated to a re… [+2487 chars]
A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in Australia, Canada and the United States is bolstering the notion that such objects may have delivered to Earth early in its history chemical ingredien… [+4233 chars]
An international team of astronomers have analysed archival data of 25 Hot Jupiterexoplanets, answering important unanswered questions about these gas giants with extreme atmospheric conditions. Hot … [+7193 chars]
Bloodworms are not for the faint-hearted. These fleshy-looking marine tubes might look harmless from a distance, but don't be deceived. Bloodworms (aka 'bristle worms' of the genus Glycera) are carn… [+3302 chars]
HomeNewsPlanetary parade one-in-1000-year event Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn are all visible in the sky this week. While “the alignment was perfect about a week ago, they were really evenly spac… [+1257 chars]
NASA and SpaceX are making final preparations for the launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A. The Crew-4 astronauts were orig… [+2062 chars]
A SpaceX crew has landed safely back on Earth after two weeks aboard the International Space Station. The four-person crew is the first all-private astronaut team to board the outer space station, … [+141 chars]
This story is part of Mysteries of the Brain, CNET's deep dive into the infinite complexities of the human brain. Picture a red apple. Great. Now, which of the following describes you? Group 1: Yo… [+6918 chars]
Researchers engaged in animal behaviour studies often rely on hours upon hours of video footage which they manually analyse. Usually, this requires researchers to work their way through recordings sp… [+3641 chars]
NASA and SpaceX are making final preparations for the launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A. The Crew-4 astronauts were orig… [+2062 chars]
A venomous bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth, and now scientists know how: with a single, simple protein that transforms copper deposits located at the bottom of the seafloor into f… [+2812 chars]