Chinese space officials say a spacecraft has successfully collected samples from the moon and is headed back toward Earth. The unmanned spacecraft, called Chang'e-6, touched down on the lunar surface on Sunday. It launched May 3 from a Chinese space...
Boeing launched astronauts into space with its delayed Starliner spacecraft for the first time Wednesday. The launch marked the company's entry into competition with SpaceX to provide service for the American space agency NASA. NASA test pilots Butch...
Very small organisms that live in the world's farm fields release nitrous oxide gas. Some scientists link the gas to climate change. They are looking for a way to deal with the issue. Now, some researchers think they have found bacteria that can help...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft visited a little asteroid called Dinkinesh last November. The visit, scientists say, unlocks a surprisingly interesting history of the asteroid along with its companion, Selam. Asteroids are ancient objects from the beginning o...
An international team of climate scientists recently released a report on climate change and city growth. They found the effects of heavy rains that struck East Africa in recent months were worsened by climate change and fast development in cities. T...
New examinations of data collected from Venus suggest the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought. The finding is based on radar images captured by Magellan, an orbiting spacecraft that the American space agency NASA operated. NASA...
How many insects can you count in one hour? That was the question being asked by a group of environmentalists outside of Berlin's Natural History Museum recently. The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, or NABU, is asking regular people to he...
A scientist in Cuba is raising silkworms native to Asia in hopes the creatures will produce local, high quality silk for clothing. Dayron Martin is a biochemist who lives in western Cuba. He carries out experiments at the Indio Hatuey Experimental St...
New research suggests that the sun's magnetic field forms much closer to the surface than scientists had thought. The finding could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that hit Earth earlier this month. The magnetic field appea...
European aerospace company Airbus has fitted a special truck with airplane controls in an effort to test self-taxiing abilities. Airbus officials recently introduced the truck in Paris at Europe's largest technology event, VivaTech. The electric vehi...
They are six-legged, hairy home invaders that will not die, no matter how hard you try. Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors. But they did not start out that way. A recent study uses genetics to examine cockroaches' spread across the world, f...
A private company is working with the American space agency NASA to develop a new rocket that could greatly reduce space travel times. The engine for such a rocket will be designed to sharply increase the amount of thrust to speed up space travel and...
Most recent cars have an electronic key that lets the owner get into and start the car. The electronic key is called a fob to those who know about the technology. The fob sends a short-range signal to the car. As the owner gets close, the fob unlocks...
The baobab tree is a special thing to see. During the dry season, its leafless branches look like roots coming from a thick trunk. It appears as if someone took a tree from the ground, flipped it on its head and put it back into the earth. That is wh...
Researchers in Australia recently announced the launch of a new device that, they say, absorbs water from air to produce drinkable water. Researchers at the University of Newcastle call the device the Hydro Harvester. They said it can produce up to 1...
