By analyzing the ancient skeleton of a baby found in southern Italy, scientists have put together a striking picture of the ...

After a breakthrough discovery in 1995, scientists have made the ‘most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar ...

Dutch scientists have cracked the hypnotic power of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring painting. Their study ...

Skygazers should have a chance to see the Orionids, one of the year's most beautiful meteor showers, just in time for ...

A ginormous squid measuring a staggering 10 metres has washed up on a picturesque beach loved by locals, in a small town in ...

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Scientists and world leaders have said we can “overshoot” and then return to our climate targets. But much damage will be ...

THE famed “Lion of Venice” has stood in St Mark’s Square for hundreds of years – and now scientists have made a baffling discovery about its origins. A new study has ...

Catch some shooting stars, get in a glimpse of the fading Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, and see Venus mingle with Antares in the ...

Astronomers announced Wednesday that a decades-long mystery surrounding the first known brown dwarf — a “failed star” called Gliese 229B — has finally been solved. Brown dwarfs are dim, celestial ...