'Aliens' at 40: James Cameron's sequel is a sci-fi icon, but did you know he quit the movie twice?
Forty years ago, Aliens burst into our hearts, but this classic sequel nearly fell by the wayside due to some serious st...
Should we trust AI in the search for alien life? Scientists aren't so sure
New research suggests AI can be repeatedly fooled into mistaking non-life for life.
How Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' turned general relativity into the bad guy
As Nolan embarks on "The Odyssey", we look back on the sci-fi movie where time dilation is as cruel as any Greek god.
10 places in the US and Canada to see August's partial solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower in 1 trip
A partial solar eclipse by day and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower by night make Aug. 12, 2026, one of the best ni...
'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever
Astronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a r...
Decorated wild-boar tusk found in Russia may have been medieval warrior's good-luck charm
A 12th-century wild-boar tusk found in Russia may be a warrior's amulet.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have gotten a glimpse at the mechanisms that supermassive black...
From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding - the composters keeping it local
Image source, Heledd WynImage caption, Steph Robinson and ffin Jordao first met at the Centre for Alternative Technology...
Shark scientists gets £1m to help protect them
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Scientists will use 75 electronic tags to track sharks including the blue sharkByJu...
Britain set for butterfly boom after hot spring
Image source, Iain H LeachImage caption, Butterflies have benefited from warm weather, experts have saidByZhara SimpsonS...
Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals
Maternal cells that infiltrate children's brains during pregnancy take on different jobs in the brain and may persist in...
Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July ...