NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole

​For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) watched a black hole tear…

Orangutans can play the kazoo – here's what this tells us about the evolution of speech

A kazoo might seem a world away from the spoken word. But our ability to produce…

Spider silk: A malleable protein provides reinforcement

Why are the lightweight silk threads of web spiders tougher than most other materials? Scientists from…

Get ready for more interstellar objects, astronomers say

Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren’t exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned that…

Arctic breakdown: what climate change in the far north means for the rest of us

In the Arctic, a summer of heat, melting and fire was rounded off by news that…

European Space Talk live

Follow our European Space Talk live from the HEC Paris Business School. Join students from the…

Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of Soyuz 61 from the ISS

Astronaut Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of a Soyuz rocket approaching the ISS yesterday, tweeting…

California, 16 states sue Trump administration over rollback of Endangered Species Act

California and 16 other states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s weakening of…

Almond and peach tree genomes shed light on their differences

Humans have been eating peaches and almonds for thousands of years. Although at first sight the…

Looking confident is key to successfully raising money in initial coin offerings

Looking to raise money in an initial coin offering (ICO) online? You might find the key…