Astronomy

President Trump will attend the G7 summit on Sunday in a nation he threatened to annex. He will also be an outlier on climate issues

Disney Plus is 60% off ahead of Father's Day, which means you can stream all the Star Wars and Marvel content available for just £1.99 a month.

Tech CEOs are promising increasingly outlandish visions of the 2030s, powered by "superintelligence", but the reality is that even the most advanced AI models can still struggle with simple puzzles

Tech CEOs are promising increasingly outlandish visions of the 2030s, powered by "superintelligence", but the reality is that even the most advanced AI models can still struggle with simple puzzles

Switching on air-conditioning during extreme heat doesn’t have to make us feel guilty—it can actually boost power grid reliability and help bring more renewable energy online

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of the outer planets, all through the invisible pull of gravity.

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The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amygdala

At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.

Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers

Evidence from Earth’s deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion

A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form throughout the universe

The Asian needle ant looks ordinary, but its sting can be worse than a fire ant’s and can be dangerous for anyone who has experienced anaphylaxis

The Sun's surface has unveiled a new secret: ultra fine magnetic "curtains" that create striking patterns of bright and dark stripes across the solar photosphere. Thanks to groundbreaking observations from the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, scientists have captured the sharpest ever images of these previously unseen structures, revealing magnetic field variations at scales as small as 20 kilometres.

Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is buffeted by turbulent space weather.

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the unusually involved Djungarian hamster dads

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.

ESA at Le Bourget 2025

Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this image over part of eastern Borneo, a tropical island in Southeast Asia.