Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Science

See Mars make a close pass to the moon tonight

The moon and Mars will share a close approach tonight (Nov. 20) during a conjunction as the two visit the Cancer constellation, the Crab.

Space

'Steep Climb' Ahead As Clock Ticks On Stalled Climate Talks

Pressure mounted on rich nations Wednesday to commit nearly $1 trillion a year in assistance for poorer countries as time runs out to strike a deal at the COP29 climate talks.

International Business Times

Aztec shrieking death whistles struck otherworldly fear, scientists find

Whistles produce ‘aversive and scream-like’ shrieking sounds, researchers say

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'It's bananas:' Toy fruit becomes first zero-g indicator to fly on SpaceX Starship

An artificial banana floated in the microgravity environment of outer space. No longer needing its attached tethers, it just hung there in the bay of its spacecraft's otherwise empty cargo hold.

Space

How Israel weaponized trees in Palestine

Israel's campaign to transform Palestine in their image is destroying the natural environment and erasing history

Salon

Bird flu suspected in California child

Child had no known exposures to farm animals, raising concerns over potential for human-to-human spread

Salon

The way we laugh when tickled is ‘uniquely different’ from other laughter

Machines and humans can both identify when laughter is caused by tickling

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Plantwatch: Arctic microalgae perform photosynthesis in near darkness

Unlocking secrets of how the algae survive could help extend growing seasons for crop plants at high latitudes

The Guardian - UK

'Mind-blowing' dark energy instrument results show Einstein was right about gravity — again

The first year of data from the 5,000 robotic eyes of DESI shows Einstein's theory of general relativity is the right recipe for gravity despite the challenges of dark energy and dark matter.

Space

Trump watches SpaceX launch Starship's 6th test flight (photos)

President-elect Donald Trump made the trip to South Texas today (Nov. 19) to watch the sixth test flight of SpaceX's giant Starship rocket.

Space

Southerners among worst at spotting fake English accents, study finds

Northerners, Scots and Irish better at identifying people mimicking accents than southerners

The Guardian - UK

Pentagon UFO chief tells Senate 'very anomalous objects' need careful study (video)

In new testimony, the head of the Pentagon's UFO office told the US senate that it "has not discovered any verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology."

Space

SpaceX Starship launches banana to space, skips giant rocket catch on 6th test flight (video, photos)

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the sixth time ever today (Nov. 19) but did not try to catch the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage back at the pad.

Space

SpaceX successfully launches giant Starship rocket but won’t catch it with mechanical arms – as it happened

Donald Trump joins Elon Musk in Texas for Starship’s sixth test flight

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter avoids collision with South Korea's Danuri spacecraft

India's Chandrayaan 2 moon orbiter maneuvered in September to avoid a close approach with Korea's Danuri spacecraft, ISRO said.

The Independent UK

Scientists taught rats to drive – now they love getting behind the wheel

Rats’ behaviour offers profound lesson on potential ‘key to a healthy brain’, scientist says

International Business Times

Europe's Pivotal Role In Bid To Strike COP29 Climate Deal

The European Union is key to a deal being done at UN climate talks in Baku by Friday -- viewed as a bridge both with China and poorer nations -- after climate sceptic Donald Trump's triumph in the US elections.

Space

SabersPro Luke lightsaber review: "A premium, supersaver saber for duellists"

SabersPro's streamlined take on Luke Skywalker's second lightsaber – built with the duellist in mind.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

Everything we know about 'Avengers: Doomsday'

Earth's mightiest heroes are assembling again in 2026. Here's what we know about Avengers: Doomsday so far.

International Business Times

Take Two: Biden Makes It Into G20 Leaders' Photo

The first time G20 leaders took their photo together at a summit in Rio they forgot Joe Biden.

Space

Geminid meteor shower is underway. Here's what to expect from one of the best meteor showers of the year

The annual Geminid meteor shower returns to the night sky on Nov. 19 ahead of its peak in mid-December. Here's what you need to know.

Space

Trump to attend SpaceX Starship's 6th flight test today

President-Elect Donald Trump confirmed he will attend SpaceX Starship's 6th flight test on Nov. 19. It comes as SpaceX founder Elon Musk takes a greater role in the forthcoming Trump administration.

Space

SpaceX Starlink satellites seen as ‘wonky streaks’ by ISS astronaut (photos)

"Starlinksatellites look like a miniature version of the monolith from '2001: A Space Odyssey.' "

International Business Times

Taxing The Richest: What The G20 Decided

Anti-poverty campaigners have hailed a decision by G20 leaders meeting in Rio to make sure the world's billionaires "are effectively taxed."

Space

Rocket Lab signs 1st customer for its powerful new Neutron rocket. But who is it?

Rocket Lab is targeting mid-2025 for the debut of its partially reusable Neutron rocket, with commercial launches to start in 2026.

1 2 3 4 5

People

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.