By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

A key milk protein for making cheese and yoghurt has been produced in bacteria for the first time, paving the way for better ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

It is possible to make a material absorb more radiation than it has to re-emit, violating the laws of physics in a way that ...

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela ...

Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane emissions ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which ...

Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells ...