UK-based Blue Skies Space's first satellite begins calibration with a bright star 104 light-years away.

Have the squirrels gone nuts? Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe that ...

So, you're ready to pack up your telescope and head out again, are you? Well, here are a few more things I've learned through the years that might make your session more successful. Good luck! In such ...

ESA’s Herschel space observatory is expected to exhaust its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks after spending more than three exciting years studying the cool universe. Herschel was ...

NASA and GLOBE, an international student Earth science program, invite the public to join in a scientific experiment on Thursday, Oct. 13. It’s simple: observe the sky over your area and report on the ...

Spatial and temporal biodiversity patterns, recorded by citizen scientists in the city during 2016-2025, were studied at a ...

A new study has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September -- October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves.

It’s not hard to find out what NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have observed in the past. Barely a week goes by without news of a cosmic discovery made possible using images, spectra, ...

Nanoscale electron transfer (ET) in solids is fundamental to the development of multifunctional materials. However, ET in solids is not yet clearly understood. Now, researchers achieved a direct ...

A group of ALMA 12-m antennas observing the night sky. Observations in this study were made using the 12-m antennas. (Photo: ESO/Y. Beletsky) ...