The Ring Nebula (also known as Messier 57 or NGC 6720) lies in the constellation Lyra and is a classic example of a ...

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 ...

Have you ever woken up with a vivid memory of a dream, while someone else remembers nothing at all? A new study by researchers at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, in collaboration with the ...

Dementia is a growing concern worldwide; it is predicted that the number of people with dementia will triple in less than 30 years. This debilitating condition can have a profound impact on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The supermassive black hole in the heart of our galaxy appears busier than ever. Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal that this black hole — known as Sagittarius A* — is ...

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 ...