On this date, Jan. 29, 1859, American astronomer William Cranch Bond died. Cranch and his son, George Phillps Bond, ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" Big Boy would be classified as a separate species The nocturnal black arachnids are usually spotted within around 150 km of Sydney ...

CANNES, France—The European Space Agency (ESA), as part of its “Moons of the giant Solar System planets” long-term theme for science activities, is devising a mission to Saturn and its moons ...

Three members of a UK-based people smuggling gang have been found guilty of assisting unlawful immigration, and face jail sentences alongside five associates, after an investigation was launched ...

Total solar eclipses have set the stage for major scientific advancements—everything from the discovery of helium to the testing of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

When Clyde Tombaugh built his first telescope at the age of 20, he could not have known it was setting him forward on a path that would eventually lead to the discovery of the first known dwarf ...

A restoration of Saint Philibert in France becomes an excavation when a 400-year-old vault and 1,500 -year-old sarcophagi are discovered.

New organization of hominin fossils from eastern Asia after discovery of new species. Credit: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Homo juluensis lived approximately 300,000 years ago in eastern Asia, ...

Stargazers across India are in for a treat tonight as three celestial bodies, the Moon, Venus, and Saturn, aligned in a rare planetary event. This breathtaking celestial conjunction takes place ...

Simulation of two colliding supermassive black holes emitting gravitational waves that could be detected with this novel method. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Noble; simulation data ...

In late December 2024 and early January 2025, a photo circulated on multiple social media sites claiming to show an ice-capped crater on Mars (archived) that scientists recently discovered.