NO ALIENS, dead or alive, have ever been taken to Porton Down, a government website proclaimed last year in an attempt to ...

Thirty years ago, a distinguished group held its first formal meeting here in Las Vegas to discuss how they might approach ...

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

While the Trump administration is defunding scientific research and imposing ideological demands on universities, the defenders of this repression are calling for even worse attacks against higher e ...

Last December, Bandai Namco made the surprise reveal of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve at The Game Awards show. PlayStation ...

White House border czar Tom Homan says federal agents will continue so-called targeted operations in Minneapolis during a ...