Asteroid 2019 NN3 to flyby Earth at 0.83 lunar distances on July 10 – the largest since the start of the year

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 NN3 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.83 LD…

Museum starts 'live' restoration of Rembrandt masterpiece

Amsterdam’s famed Rijksmuseum on Monday began a historic restoration of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, erecting a…

Robots, Not Humans, Are The New Space Explorers

Landing a man on the moon captures the public’s imagination. But in the decades after the…

X-ray serendipity

The purple lines and blotches scattered across this image show something incredible: all of the X-ray sources…

Asteroid 2019 MB4 to flyby Earth at 0.82 lunar distances on July 9

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 MB4 will flyby Earth at 0.82 LD / 0.00211 AU…

Is that news really 'fake,' or is it just biased?

In an era of concern over “fake news,” a new study finds that people draw a…

Snow algae thrive in high-elevation ice spires, an unlikely oasis for life

High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities, offering an oasis for…

Good home learning in early years boosts your secondary school achievements

The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child’s early years continue into…

Indonesia cancels tsunami alert after strong quake

A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering…

BA fined £183m over computer theft of passenger data

British Airways has been fined more than £183 million after computer hackers last year stole bank…