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

Will we finally be able to answer one of astronomy’s hardest questions: what is most of the matter in the universe made of?

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 ...

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 ...

Many of us tend to ponder about the universe when looking at the night sky on a clear evening. We all know the type of questions that emerge during these occasions. Interestingly enough, even ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 wondered how changing the way we draw the world—using different map projections or even flipping the globe upside-down—can expose hidden biases, challenge traditional views, and reshape ...

New research suggests that the number of Earth-like exoplanets hosting liquid water may be vastly underestimated, therefore greatly enhancing the possibility of discovering life. This new perspective ...

Generating electricity outside cities and transporting it into the city comes with a lot of power loss. Ideally, as much of it as possible should be generated locally. Scientists have found a way to ...

Many of you may remember the interstellar object ʻOumuamua (Hawaiian for 'messenger') that visited our solar system in 2017. The object was unlike anything we had seen before, as it was the first ...