As athletes become elite, you’ll often hear commentators say that “the game has slowed down for them.” Take football, for example. The quarterback has the ball and has just a few seconds to decide ...

On March 10, 2026, Jupiter will appear to change direction in the night sky, marking the end of its retrograde motion, which began in November 2025. This phenomenon, which occurs when Earth overtakes ...

In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally barreled into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos during a planetary defense test. New observations show how it went.

Researchers discover how woodpecker skull geometry keeps powerful pecks stable, allowing the birds to hammer wood thousands of times safely.

Nasa has been reporting on its first Earth defence mission - when they crashed a spaceship into a meteor to see if they could bash it away, if they needed to.