A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage struck the Moon near Einstein crater, creating a research opportunity for scientists to study crater formation and lunar geology.

Scientists analyzing an 80-million-year-old snake brain from Brazil discovered that early snakes occupied multiple habitats and developed diverse sensory adaptations rather than following a single evolutionary path.

Scientists using Hawaii’s most powerful solar telescope have captured unprecedented images of the Sun’s surface, revealing magnetic swirling patterns that drive space weather affecting Earth’s infrastructure and astronauts.

A Cambridge professor has transcribed Alan Turing’s previously unstudied short story, arguing it reveals a playful, literary figure rather than the isolated mathematician portrayed in popular culture.

Gunther von Hagens, creator of the Body Worlds exhibition and inventor of plastination, a technique for preserving human bodies, died aged 81 on 24 July after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage.

Researchers have developed a chemical process that converts mixed plastic waste directly into high-purity hydrogen fuel while capturing carbon in solid mineral form, addressing two major environmental challenges simultaneously.

Scientists have confirmed a rare pink-striped seaweed discovered in UK maerl beds over 40 years ago as a new species, with the finding contributing to understanding of these threatened marine habitats.

Researchers at UC Berkeley identified two previously unknown human ancestors whose DNA persists in modern humans today, revealing more complex interbreeding patterns than previously understood in human evolution.

Scientists studying magma from a 2021 Spanish volcanic eruption found that superheating delays crystal formation, which could explain why similar volcanoes erupt differently.

A study of clonal raider ants reveals that evolution may have adapted ancient neural pathways regulating hunger to produce parental behavior, rather than creating entirely new brain systems for caregiving.

Researchers propose that primordial black holes may trigger white dwarf explosions as Type Ia supernovae, potentially explaining certain chemical patterns observed in Milky Way stars.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered an extensive honeycomb-like landscape of polygonal fractures covering terrain in Mars’ Valle Grande valley, marking the largest such formation the rover has encountered during its 14-year mission.