On our planet, it forms deep beneath the surface, usually under a volcano where magma can cool down and crystalize. To make ...

Even the little pinky, which looks like a contender for the most pointless appendage on the human body, does its job and does it well. Though all of the toes are used in keeping us balanced and moving ...

According to Starman, Komarov's final words were picked up by US radio outposts in Turkey, saying "This devil ship! Nothing I ...

The researchers suggest that the difference between the long-haulers and those who landed might be in their feathers; the ...

Whatever you call it, it is a staple of any nativity scene, just as much as the wise men who followed it, usually represented ...

T he three Norths are moving on from their "historic" meet-up in England. After momentarily aligning over Britain for three ...

We've only known that sprites exist for marginally longer, as they were first photographed in 1989. Red sprites are ...

A stronomers using the JWST have traced the source of a long-duration gamma-ray burst back to a supernova that exploded ...

The story seems almost too perfect, and has probably been exaggerated for effect, but it’s delightful even without those bits ...

T he first documented case of cooperative hunting between killer whales and dolphins has been observed in the waters off ...

J eff Bezos’ Blue Origin has announced the participants on its next space tourist flight, the 37th launch for the New Shepard ...

We are in Germany and it's winter, so we can confidently assume that it is cold, with possible snow covering the fields and ...