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Stephen Hawking dead at 76: Greatest quotes from visionary physicist

British scientist was famed for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.

Mar 14, 2018

By Toyin Owoseje

Scientists have discovered ‘mega-colonies’ of penguins among the remote islands of Antarctica

Watch: 'Mega-colony' of 1.5m penguins discovered on Antarctica's remote Danger Islands

Giant 'mega-colonies' of penguins have been discovered among the remote islands of Antarctica, easing fears their numbers had been in decline for decades due to climate change.

Mar 2, 2018

By Roger Baird

Climate Change

A star zooming really close to black hole at the heart of Milky Way will test Einstein's theory

The star, S0-2, is one of two that can travel closest to the Sagittarius A* black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

Mar 2, 2018

By India Ashok

Nasa finds exoplanet that has three times more water than Saturn located just 700 light years away

The exoplanet known as WASP-39b has a mass equal to that of Saturn and has been classified as a "hot Saturn".

Mar 2, 2018

By India Ashok

NASA

World's earliest figurative tattoos discovered on 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummies

Designs of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep along with 'S' shaped figures were detected on the bodies of two mummies at the British Museum.

Mar 2, 2018

By Lara Rebello

Beast from the East: The UK's pets in the snow - photos to warm the heart

Cats and dogs are enjoying the snow much more than commuters right now.

Mar 1, 2018

By Ruchira Sharma

Scientists close to Jurassic Park-style resurrection of extinct bird after recreating genome

A team of researchers from Harvard University is close to reviving an extinct bird after recreating a near-complete genome of the little bush moa.

Mar 1, 2018

By Ben Skipper

Watch how the Curiosity rover was taught a new way to drill rocks on Mars

The main drill was not used for over a year and engineers MacGyvered a new way to use it.

Mar 1, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

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7,000-year-old Native American burial site found deep underwater in an 'unprecedented' discovery

Archaeologists discovered the submerged prehistoric site, dating back to the Early Archaic period, near the Venice shoreline, off the coast of Florida.

Mar 1, 2018

By India Ashok

Florida

Dawn of the Universe: Newly found signals from the very first stars may rewrite cosmic history

The new discovery also provides clues that could revolutionise our understanding of the mysterious dark matter particles.

Mar 1, 2018

By India Ashok

New theory claims Moon was formed before Earth and emerged from a molten, doughnut-shaped cloud

A massive collision, doughnut-shaped clouds, and rock vapour all seemingly came together to form the Moon.

Mar 1, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

A new species of tardigrade was found in a Japanese car park and it's even more peculiar than others

Tardigrades are highly resilient creatures are believed to be capable of surviving intense radiation and the vacuum of space.

Mar 1, 2018

By India Ashok

Can Earth be hacked by aliens? Scientists say messages from space could destroy life as we know it

Astrophysicists suggest that aliens could transmit hazardous messages and launch cyberattacks to hack and shut down our computers.

Feb 28, 2018

By India Ashok

Could alien life exist on Enceladus? Scientists say earthly microbes could survive on Saturn's moon

Some hardy microbes, living in extreme conditions in the deepest parts of the Earth's oceans, could theoretically survive on Enceladus.

Feb 28, 2018

By India Ashok

Ancient puppy reveals 14,000-year-old bond between humans and canines

Study of an ancient burial reveals how a prehistoric puppy was cared for by human beings almost 14,000 years ago.

Feb 28, 2018

By Sadhana Bharanidharan

Powerful black holes explosions may have transformed Neptune-like exoplanets into rocky super-Earths

Scientists believe that impact from such supermassive black hole outbursts may be one of the most common ways for super-Earths to form at the centre of the Milky Way.

Feb 28, 2018

By India Ashok