For nearly a century, astronomers have been convinced that most of the universe is made of something we can’t see. Now, fresh ...

Rogue planets, also referred to as interstellar, orphan, or nomad planets, are planets that do not orbit a star but instead roam through space on their own, orbiting the center of our galaxy. One of ...

Many people suffer from the transition from standard (winter) time to daylight saving time (a.k.a. summer time in Europe). If we elect to give up on changing the time twice a year altogether, what ...

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

The human brain, our most complicated organ, has gone through several growth spurts throughout the eons. But about 3000 years ago, something remarkable happened. Instead of the typical continued ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

For millennia, human beings stared up at the night sky and were held in awe by the Moon. To many ancient cultures, it represented a deity, and its cycles were accorded divine significance. By the time ...

Although dark matter accounts for an estimated 85 percent of all matter and must have had a strong influence on the structure and evolution of the universe, it remains elusive to this day. It is an ...

Chemists at University College London (UCL) have found a way to show how two of life’s essential ingredients (RNA and amino acids) might have come together nearly four billion years ago. Their work, ...

Imagine peering into the night sky with a powerful telescope and seeing galaxies scattered across the cosmic landscape. Some are so distant that their light has been travelling for over 13 billion ...

It is a well-known fact that several migratory land bird species take on a tremendous journey between breeding and wintering grounds when the seasons change. But how do they cover these vast distances ...

In the past 20 years or so, smartphones have slowly become an everyday part of life, even in the classroom. Of course, smartphones can be a useful tool for keeping track of deadlines or connecting ...