Becky Ferreira

Human spaceflight has been racking up new milestones. But we're still grappling with a fundamental question: Why go in the first place?

The Moon was long thought to be inhospitable to life, but scientists have discovered that common Earth microbes could survive for up to a week in shadowed regions of the lunar south pole, a region targeted for future human exploration.

The Qurayyah Painted Ware of Bronze Age Arabia had distinct visual identity, material consistency, technological continuity, and cultural reputation—all features of a commodified brand, scientists say.

Scientists have used a novel technique to detect a major temperature asymmetry under the surface of Mars that could shed light on the evolution and past habitability of the red planet.

The Sun has likely passed so close to other stars in the past that it captured thousands of small interstellar objects from alien systems, reports a new study.

A floating mass of trees and vegetation in British Columbia's Williston Lake attracted international attention after it was filmed this summer by boaters—and then seemed to disappear.

Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein's equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum physics.

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilisations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.

A team discovered that Gondwana, an ancient landmass that formed more than 500 million years ago, was in fact large enough to be deemed a supercontinent, a finding that sheds light on the “explosion” of ancient Cambrian life.