Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed up on Cumbrian beach dies
A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that was found washed up on a beach in Cumbria, North West England, has died. It was one of...
Mars helicopter being tested at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is testing a Mars helicopter that would fly around the Red Planet, scouting at low altitude and helping the...
Arctic ice cap sliding into ocean at accelerating speed
According to satellite images, a remote Arctic ice cap has lost more than 50 meters of thickness since 2012, which is about one-sixth of...
Speed of light slowed down in free space for first time
Scientists from the University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University said they managed to slow down light in free space for the first time. Their...
OnSight will help scientists work virtually on Mars, NASA and Microsoft team up
Microsoft and NASA have got together to develop a software that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars. Called OnSight, the software is...
Rosetta probe provides fascinating clues about comet formation
The Rosetta probe, which is orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is helping scientists understand how comets were formed. New photographs of the icy object show it...
Doomsday clock two minutes closer to humankind’s destruction
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic clockface that represents how close we are to our own destruction, moved from five to three minutes to midnight...
Dino-killing asteroid did not cause global firestorms
The asteroid that scientists believe led to the extinction of dinosaurs did not cause the vast global firestorms that ravaged our planet, researchers from...
Hidden magnetic messages from early solar system found in meteorites
Meteorites contain hidden magnetic messages from the early solar system, scientists at the University of Cambridge reported in the journal Nature. The meteorites’ magnetism...
Update: A giant wormhole in the Milky Way that could transport humans? Perhaps
A massive wormhole believed to exist in the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, could be a doorway to another galaxy, scientists wrote in the...