Psychedelic users have long celebrated the therapeutic properties of LSD, especially for pain, and now, after decades of being banned from clinical trials, scientists are finally revisiting the drug and putting it to the test.

When searching for signs of life in the Universe, we tend to look for very specific things, based on what we know: a planet like Earth, in orbit around a star, and at a distance that allows liquid surface water. But there could, conceivably, be oth

With all sorts of rocks flying around willy-nilly in the space around Earth, telescopes around the world are keeping a careful eye on the sky to make sure we're not in any danger.

From 7 billion light-years away, a pair of colliding black holes has delivered up, on a shiny gravitational wave platter, one of the most sought-after detections in black hole astronomy - the extremely elusive 'middleweight' black hole, which lies

When someone observes an event, did it really happen?

A tiny bit of air always leaks from the International Space Station – but not quite as much as is leaking now.

SpaceX says early tests of its rapidly growing fleet of internet-providing satellites are yielding promising results.

If you're a Star Trek fan, you may think the above image portrays the "Nexus" from the movie Star Trek: Generations. In the film, the Nexus was a ribbon-like extra-dimensional realm that exists outside of normal space-time.

When it comes to weight loss, diet and exercise are usually thought of as the two key factors that will achieve results. However, sleep is an often-neglected lifestyle factor that also plays an important role.

The Nancy Roman Telescope has reached another milestone in its development. NASA has announced that the space telescope's primary mirror is now complete.

One of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – could be doing a lot more than simply taking the edge off your headache, new evidence suggests.

The much-anticipated phase 3 trial of the University of Oxford's coronavirus vaccine has been paused following a suspected adverse reaction in one of its participants.

It would be extremely optimistic to suggest that we have a good handle on dark matter. But even the slight grasp we do have may be missing something important.

Venus, the Evening Star, may gleam prettily in our night sky, but up close it's about as inhospitable as a rocky planet can be, with sulphuric acid rains, a suffocating CO2 atmosphere, and a surface atmospheric pressure up to 100 times greater tha

Far from the woes of planet Earth, our Sun has been having a rather quiet year. A close look at its activity confirms what solar enthusiasts have been suspecting for a while – our closest star has entered a new cycle.

Wait, what...?

Two experiments hunting for a whisper of a particle that prevents whole galaxies from flying apart recently published some contradictory results. One came up empty handed, while the other gives us every reason to keep on searching.

Making educated guesses is something we all do every day – but until now scientists haven't fully understood how these leaps in logic are processed in the brain.