It started with a handful of unusually tiny bones in Spain, and now researchers say they may point to a plant eating dinosaur ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA's InSight spacecraft has given us a peek into Mars like never before! Before it wrapped up its mission last December, it sent back some fascinating data, now published in the peer-reviewed ...

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 ...

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 ...

As solar energy becomes more common, one problem we begin to encounter more often is a lack of long-term storage. We don't always need energy right at the moment when it is produced. Solutions like ...

Sleep researchers agree that a good night's sleep is essential for a healthy brain. Although we generally sleep long enough, unfortunately, we are not good sleepers. Research by the Dutch Brain ...

An international team of scientists has developed a promising new transparent top layer for solar cells. An early prototype showed very promising results and TU Delft researchers have now confirmed ...

Dementia is an umbrella term for a neurodegenerative condition, with cognitive problems (problems related to thinking) that usually start off mild but decline further over time. To get diagnosed with ...

Traditionally, forest restoration projects have focused on achieving a single goal, such as capturing carbon, supporting local communities, or protecting wildlife. However it turns out that integrated ...

You might not have thought so, but although the Moon doesn't have breathable air, it does possess a thin, almost imperceptible atmosphere known as an 'exosphere'. Scientists have been studying this ...