Elon Musk’s sense of humor is out of this world. Seven years after the SpaceX CEO launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit, astronomers from the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view.

Skull fragments discovered at the site are believed to be from another young woman from 500-400BC, the BBC reported, and will be archived by Kent County Council in a museum, along with other new ...

A Braintree shop owner has pled guilty to charges relating to the sale of counterfeit tobacco products following an Essex ...

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The colossal clomp crater discovered during an expedition to the Gobi Desert conducted over the summer by Okayama University of Science (OUS) and the Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy ...

Comedian and actor Alex Thomas shares the story of how Will Smith discovered him and personally asked him to write for "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," kickstarting his Hollywood career.

Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus recently discovered four rare Palau nautiluses, ancient cephalopods also known as "living fossils," in the deep waters near the German Channel. The sighting ...

The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have ...

Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used ...