A four-year project to excavate a Bronze Age burial mount on the Isle of Man has drawn to a close. The dig has unearthed the cremated remains of at least 10 people and the skeletal remains of anothe… [+2012 chars]
NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station (ISS) with US company SpaceX from September, it has been announced. … [+4016 chars]
Nebula is a Latin word meaning "cloud", but in an astronomical context, it refers to any celestial object which appears cloud-like when viewed through a telescope. When telescopes weren’t as powerfu… [+6969 chars]
Stars dont usually evolve fast enough for humans to notice them change within one lifetime. Even a hundred lifetimes wont do astronomical processes are just too slow. But not always. There are some p… [+9527 chars]
A team of researchers from Purdue University and the University of Michigan, both in the U.S., working with colleagues from Hanyang University, Hongik University and the Kumoh National Institute of T… [+3083 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope is not just a remarkable feat of engineering; its a beautiful one too. Take its 18 hexagonal mirrors made from gold-plated beryllium, which inspired YouTubes Cellar Ner… [+1780 chars]
The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our understanding of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. A … [+6794 chars]
Nasas Hubble Space Telescope, continues to capture stunning views of the cosmos. The US space agency has recently treated us with a breathtaking view of the globular cluster Terzan 2 in the constella… [+1878 chars]
In the evolutionary arms race between rattlesnakes and their prey, rodents, birds and other reptiles develop resistance to the snakes' deadly venom to survive. But new research led by the University … [+5760 chars]
A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in China has demonstrated real-space imaging of some of the most representative forms of hydrated protons. In their paper publi… [+2839 chars]
While climate change is taking effect everywhere on Earth, the Arctic Circle is feeling those effects most of all, in the form of glacial melt, permafrost thaw and sea ice decline. Key players in c… [+3461 chars]
Fortunella Swingle (Rutaceae) is an evergreen shrub or small tree distributed in Southeast Asia. China has the most abundant distribution of this genus, and all species are concentrated in China. The… [+3325 chars]