China has shown footage of the landing on the invisible side of the moon The black-and-white footage begins with a view of the lunar landscape against the blackness of space. After about a minute,...

The new TESS telescope has recorded the transit of a small comet NASA’s new TESS telescope has not yet begun scanning the sky for extrasolar planets in earnest, and it has already sent interesting...

Baobabs – Africa’s oldest and most unusual trees are dying off A tree considered an icon of the African savannah dies under mysterious circumstances. An international team of scientists has discovered that most of...

BepiColombo – the mission to Mercury got the green light The mission to Mercury carried out jointly by ESA and JAXA has undergone a systems review in recent days and is ready to be...

Electricity-generating bacteria found in human intestines Electrogenic bacteria have so far been found in exotic environments such as mines and lake beds, but scientists have missed another, equally exotic source of these bacteria –...

Tonight’s scheduled launch of the TESS mission, which will search for exoplanets The TESS telescope, which will be used to search for extrasolar planets, is scheduled to be launched into space tonight. The telescope...

Traces of a plague from 5,000 years ago. years, which may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans Scientists have found a previously unknown strain of the plague-causing bacterium in DNA extracted from...

China launches mission to the dark side of the moon The Chang'e-4 mission, consisting of a lander and a rover, will reach where no human-built craft has yet gone – To the invisible side...

China orders cessation of work on modifying human genes Chinese authorities ordered to suspend research on gene modification in children. This follows a recent statement by a Chinese researcher who admitted that he had...

The beneficial effects of fasting on the body. May accelerate cell regeneration Over the decades, numerous studies have shown that a strict low-calorie diet may be the key to a longer and healthier life....