Deep in the cosmos, about a billion light-years away, a monster with a gargantuan appetite has woken up. For roughly 100 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has picked up the light from a massive star that exploded about a billion years after the ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help ...

A long quiet volcano in Ethiopia has roared back to life, blasting ash roughly 9 miles into the sky and catching both nearby ...

A supermassive black hole is reawakening inside a distant galaxy cluster—and after almost 100 million years of slumber, ...

The Exciting Science Show comes to Torch Theatre on February 18, featuring live experiments, volcanoes and family fun this half-term.

Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine have identified what appears to be the largest stream of super-heated gas ever observed in the ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, ...

The renewed activity marks the opening chapter of what scientists fear could be another restless year for Europe’s most active volcano.

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...