NASA’s Marsquake mission is nearing its end
The InSight spacecraft, which carries a seismometre and studies the red planet’s insides, is expected to cease functioning by the end of the year
Dogs are ‘really good at reading our emotions’, says one expert. But we’re not so good at reading theirs
Researchers identified a protein in the fluid that could boost the cognition of ageing animals — and might lead to future treatments for people
They have been gazing at the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Scientists have been using the Event Horizon Telescope to study this Milky Way denizen
Small sea creatures exist in equal number with plastic pieces in parts of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, implicating they may clean up ocean pollution
As part of an effort to ‘sonify’ the cosmos, researchers have converted the pressure waves from a black hole into an audible … something
The company aims to join Elon Musk’s SpaceX in reusing rocket boosters, which can lower costs and increase the frequency of launching to orbit
Efforts to tease apart the vast swarm of proteins in venom — a field called venomics — have burgeoned in recent years, leading to important drug discoveries
Scientists are preparing to redefine the fundamental unit of time. It won’t get any longer or shorter, but it will be more precise — and a whole lot more powerful
