From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

This December marks Daphne Oram’s centenary. She was a visionary and a key influence in the history of electronic music.

Deep underground, a natural cave was quietly transformed into a functioning musical instrument. Limestone formations shaped ...

All the players who rocked our world, in the year of Oasis reunions, Black Sabbath farewells, and guitarists keeping their ...

Composer Simon Franglen says work on the third instalment, Avatar: Fire and Ash, took an epic seven years to complete. Along the way, he wrote 1,907 pages of orchestral score; and even invented new ...

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS is taking a long holiday journey this year. It's visiting from another solar system altogether. It's the third interstellar object recorded passing through our solar system.

Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is hard to master but offers an enticing reward: freedom. Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is ...