Discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

New evidence points to a key role for a molecular switch called VGLL3 in autoimmune diseases,…

Illuminating Gases in The Sky: NASA Technology Pinpoints Potent Greenhouse Gases

NASA scientists fly new instrument that takes direct measurements of atmospheric water vapor, a potent but…

Dame Emma Thompson: 'If I could fly cleanly, I would'

Actress Dame Emma Thompson defends her decision to fly to London from the US to attend…

Behold the Southern Lights!

As the International Space Station orbited 265 miles above the southern Indian Ocean about halfway between…

Week in images

Our week through the lens: 15 – 19 April 2019 Week in images Source: ESA Space…

Comet or cluster?

Most globular clusters are almost perfectly spherical collections of stars — but Messier 62 breaks the mould. The 12-billion-year-old cluster…

David Attenborough climate change TV show a 'call to arms'

The BBC’s Climate Change – The Facts, presented by Sir David Attenborough, is praised by TV…

Zero-gravity robot cleaner could automatically sterilise the ISS

Cleaning the International Space Station is laborious work, so hygiene firm GermFalcon has made a drone…

Earth from Space

In this week’s edition, discover one of the most remote islands in the world: Easter Island…

Easter Island

Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over one of the most remote…