The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon
After its 8 January launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander has experienced a fuel leak that may leave…
Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side
Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they…
Mathematician wins 2025 Abel prize for tools to solve tricky equations
Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, seen by some as the Nobel of mathematics, for his contributions to…
Surge in ocean heat is a sign climate change is accelerating
The rate of warming in the oceans has more than quadrupled since 1985, suggesting global warming in general has undergone…
Simple device can produce water, oxygen and fuel from lunar soil
Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar…
Could reusable rockets make solar geoengineering less risky?
Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere – but at higher altitudes than planes can reach – could cool the climate while…
Shiveluch volcano eruption in Russia smothers nearby villages in ash
The eruption of the Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on 11 April sent plumes of volcanic ash…
Virus that carries huge amounts of DNA could advance gene therapies
A modified virus that can carry around 20 times more DNA than existing viruses used for gene therapies could allow…
Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth’s last cold snap
Prehistoric people endured frigid and dry conditions in the highlands of central Spain during the coldest part of the last…
Spine stimulator lets man with severe Parkinson’s walk without falling
A man with Parkinson's disease who fell up to six times a day can now walk several kilometres without falling…