<ul><li>Souvenirs are often much more than the physical item, they are receptacles of an emotional connection</li><li>Local honey is often produced by local beekeepers on a smaller scale than a comme… [+4907 chars]
Weather permitting, early risers are in for a celestial treat this weekend when four planets in our solar system align in the sky, culminating in a “romantic” display between Venus and Jupiter, accor… [+1381 chars]
three meteorites Scientists recently discovered the molecular building blocks of DNA and its cousin RNA. A subset of these building blocks have been discovered in meteorites before, but the rest of… [+8395 chars]
Washington: Small rocket builder Rocket Lab USA Inc is gearing up for a mission that seems more appropriate for a big-budget action movie: catching a falling four-storey-tall rocket booster with a he… [+1562 chars]
The International Space Station will be forced to undertake an unplanned evasive manoeuvre on Saturday to avoid colliding with space debris. "The engines of the spaceship Progress MS-18 will be turn… [+820 chars]
In countless superhero movies, characters' abilities to leap to absurd heights fuel over-the-top fight scenes and strain storylines. Now, researchers have developed a simple robot that can actually s… [+1881 chars]
Professor Martin Sander posing with a rib from an estimated 20 meters long ichthyosaurThe fossils of three ichthyosaurs -- giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans -- have been discover… [+739 chars]
For the past 30 years, the star Pictoris has fascinated astronomers because it enables them to observe a planetary system in the process of formation. It is made up of at least two young planets, and… [+2007 chars]
A helicopter surveying Mars for NASA has beamed home an eerie image of the wreckage of the landing gear that protected the drone through its fiery descent to the red planet. Key points: <ul><li>The… [+3230 chars]
Fossils from some of the largest creatures ever to swim Earth's oceans whale-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs have been found in a counterintuitive place: atop three mountains in the Swiss A… [+4321 chars]
By the year 2300, life in the oceans faces a mass die-off rivalling the great extinctions of Earth's deep past if humanity fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study in the journal … [+2476 chars]
'Otherworldly' images that capture what looks like a flying saucer crashed on Mars have been revealed by NASA. But although the scene may appear sci-fi like as one engineer described it the wreckag… [+12910 chars]