Paxi on the ISS: Airlock

Our alien friend Paxi went to visit American astronaut Nick Hague on board the International Space…

Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses produces a previously unseen phase of matter

Adding energy to any material, such as by heating it, almost always makes its structure less…

Australian bushfires hit Sydney suburbs

Bushfires raging across eastern Australia on Tuesday singed the Sydney suburbs, where firefighters were forced to…

Saving lives with cleaner air

Research findings from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES) at Carnegie Mellon…

Australians trapped by bushfires told 'too late to leave'

Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland burned out of control…

China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau

There’s a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world’s last remote places. Mountains…

The voyage home: Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe to head for Earth

Japan’s Hayabusa-2 probe will leave its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth on…

Scientists study impact of sediments and nutrients from Conowingo Dam on Chesapeake Bay

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researchers have completed a study on the impact of…

Cats of the sea offer insights into territorial behavior of wild fishes

The entertaining spectacle of wild fishes chasing lasers shone onto the seabed could provide scientists with…

Rosetta's ongoing science

Video: 00:04:38 On 12 November 2014 Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet…