The race to mine the moon is on – and it urgently needs some clear international rules
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
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There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Neuroscience researcher Mia Soviero uses a morning routine to boost her mood. ✓ The routine increases dopamine levels for...
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
2026 is shaping up to be a huge year for games, with major sequels, long-awaited releases, and big new projects already lined up....
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration....
Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up for moon landing attempts in 2026 as the commercial exploration of deep space expands....
Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where the latest discoveries from exoplanets, JWST and upcoming space missions will...
Man is returning to the moon - and with him old rivalries and new ambitions. Europe wants to have its say; Germany wants to be at the forefront. A historic opportunity beckons for Berlin....
A new artificial intelligence model in the United States, SleepFM, has found that patterns in human slumber can be used to predict a person's risk for about 130 diseases, including dementia and certai...
Beneath the Mediterranean, physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for cosmic whispers—and this year, it heard the most energeti...
📋 Key Facts ✓ An analysis examined the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier. ✓ The study covers the past 20 years of observation...
📋 Key Facts ✓ New research suggests complex cognitive challenges slow neural aging by years. ✓ Strategy video games like StarCraft II a...
Nature, Published online: 31 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09864-5 Fermionic currents of opposing chirality can be spatially filtered without the need for a magnetic field using the quantum ge...
📋 Key Facts ✓ 2025 is likely to be the UK's hottest year on record. ✓ The Met Office has made this prediction. ✓ ...
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
Nature, Published online: 01 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04114-0 More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact of the Trump Team on science — we run thr...
📋 Key Facts ✓ A bevy of comets were skywatching highlights in 2025. ✓ A "blood moon" total lunar eclipse occurred as a major ...
NASA said on Thursday it will return a crew from the International Space Station to Earth within days after an astronaut experienced a medical issue, marking the orbital lab’s first evacuation for hea...
Jared Isaacman said the US will return to the moon under Trump's presidency. NASA/Bill Ingalls Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman is the 15th administrator of NASA. Isaacman has led and flown on two Space...