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  Lack of water rules out life on Venus: study

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:18am on June 29, 2021

  A study measuring water concentration in Venus’s atmosphere concluded Monday that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid droplets that make up the planet’s famously cloudy...

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  'New type of early human' found in Israel

  Agence France-Presse. Jerusalem, Undefined | Updated at 04:22pm on June 25, 2021

  Bones belonging to a ‘new type of early human’ previously unknown to science have been found in Israel, researchers said Thursday, claiming to have shed new light on human evolution.

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  New study finds dinosaurs lived and thrived in ancient Arctic

  Agence France-Presse. Washington, United States | Updated at 09:50pm on June 24, 2021

  Dinosaur species large and small didn't just pass through the Arctic -- they made it their year-round home and probably developed wintering strategies like hibernation or growing insulating feathers, according to a new study.

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  Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station

  Agence France-Presse . Jiuquan | Updated at 09:54am on June 17, 2021

  The first astronauts for China’s new space station blasted off Thursday for the country’s longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power...

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  NASA to launch two new missions to Venus

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:00am on June 03, 2021

  NASA announced two new missions to Venus on Wednesday that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour became a hellscape while our own thrived...

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  China cargo spacecraft docks with space station module

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 10:08am on May 30, 2021

  A Chinese cargo spacecraft carrying equipment and supplies successfully docked with the core module of the country’s future space station on Sunday, state media said...

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  Stephen Hawking’s archive, office now for UK public

  Associated Press/ UNB . London | Updated at 12:54pm on May 28, 2021

  London’s Science Museum and the Cambridge University library said Wednesday they have acquired a large collection of items belonging to late physicist Stephen Hawking, from his personalized wheelchairs to landmark papers on theoretical physics and his scripts from his appearance on ‘The Simpsons.’...

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  Pacific readies for ‘Super Blood Moon’ celestial show

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 06:35pm on May 25, 2021

  Stargazers across the Pacific Rim can cast their eyes skyward on Wednesday night and behold a ‘Super Blood Moon’, as the heavens align to bring...

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  Scientists restore partial sight in blind man

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 09:39pm on May 24, 2021

  Scientists have for the first time managed to partially restore the sight of a blind patient by altering his cells, according to the results of...

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  China’s Mars rover lands on red planet

  Associated Press/ UNB . Beijing | Updated at 11:58am on May 23, 2021

  China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China’s space administration said Saturday...