University of Houston Scientists Discover Rare Bacterium That ‘Plays Dead’ to Survive

In a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of microbial survival in extreme environments, researchers at the University of Houston have revealed that a rare bacterium, Tersicoccus phoenicis, has the remarkable ability...

Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

Maddie MolloyClimate & Science reporter ShareSave A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He set up his...

NASA’s Webb telescope gets a never-before-seen look at how moons form on exoplanets

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the one orbiting Earth could potentially form. Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team of researchers were...

The rare and wonderful – Wildlife Photographer of the Year does it again!

Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) is always a huge highlight in the photographic calendar. Developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London, the prestigious competition always attracts the very best of the year’s wildlife...

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2025: 18 Winning Photos From London’s Natural History Museum

Synchronised Fishing, Winner, Behaviour: Birds; a ladyfish snatches its prey from a little egret’s beak; Yundang Lake, Fujian Province, China Qingrong Yang, China - Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2025 A haunting photograph of a rare hyena...

Engineers develop 'life-saving' weather sensor

An aerospace company has said its advanced sensor technology is now helping to deliver "life-saving" weather forecasts from space. The equipment, built in Southampton by Leonardo, is part of a new European Space Agency satellite launched from...

Our universe is ‘trapped inside a black hole’, worrying new research claims

Have we been inside a black hole all this time? Our universe has been around for and estimated 13.8 billion years but despite the exploration of space beginning almost seven decades ago, 95 percent of the cosmos is still undiscovered. Thanks to...

ArianeGroup, DLR to partner on defence tech research

The Franco-German aerospace and defence group ArianeGroup and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Berlin on September 24 to collaborate on research into new defence technologies. The agreement covers...

Yellow Fever Arrives in Costa Rica

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Costa Rican Ministry of Health recently reported a positive case of yellow fever following the results issued by the laboratory of the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health. This is a...

Thousands of flies landed on an oil rig in the North Sea. Scientists finally think they know why

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Treating tungiasis: PAHO issues first scientific guide

[BUENOS AIRES, SciDev.Net] The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has published its first evidence-based guide to the treatment of tungiasis, a neglected tropical disease that affects millions of people in Latin America, the Caribbean and...

Arianespace to launch EU’s Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite on November 4, 2025, with Ariane 6

On November 4, 2025 at 6:03 p.m. local time, Arianespace will launch the Sentinel-1D satellite with Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission, designated VA265, will be the third commercial flight for Ariane 6, the new...

Surinamese banana exports back in focus for Europe

"We are a 'price maker' in the region and we would like to keep it that way," says Nitesh Ramlakhan, Director of Production Operations at Food and Agriculture Industries (FAI). As Suriname's only banana plantation, the company occupies a unique...

WEATHER – EUROPE’S METEOROLOGICAL FUTURE BEGINS WITH METOP-SG-A1

Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, launched on an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana © Arianespace On 13 August 2025, Europe commenced a...

Sentinel-1D set to launch this November on Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket

The satellite will lift off aboard Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, heading to a polar orbit approximately 700 kilometres above Earth. This launch marks a significant step in ensuring the continuity and resilience of...

Archeologist who studied Ecuador’s ‘lost city’ of the Amazon says indigenous myths tell the truth

By Peter Speetjens Born in the French city of Brest in 1962, archaeologist Stéphen Rostain has worked in the Amazon for more than 40 years, primarily in French Guiana and Ecuador. He has authored or co-authored more than 450 publications on the...

Arianespace to launch EU’s Copernicus Sentinel-1D Satellite on November 4 Aboard Ariane 6

Arianespace will launch the Sentinel-1D satellite on Ariane 6's third commercial mission from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on November 4, 2025. The Sentinel-1D satellite is part of Copernicus, the Earth observation component of the European...

From Airbus to Silicon Valley Startup: The Story Behind the First Satellite Assembly Line

Change in satellite manufacturing gained momentum when experienced engineers moved from established aerospace giants to emerging startups. Julien Bouillant's career shows how core skills and technical focus can influence production practices. With...

UG students showcase, celebrate Guyanese heritage through art, music, scholarship

–at inaugural ‘Guianame’ Expo THE University of Guyana (UG) proudly showcased the talent and creativity of its students at the inaugural Guianame Conference and Expo, held from September 25–27, 2025, at the AlphaMax Academy in Paramaribo,...

ESA’s Chilling New “Super Antenna” in Australia Reaches Spacecraft Billions of Miles Away

The European Space Agency (ESA) has expanded its capability to communicate with scientific, exploration and space safety missions across our Solar System with the inauguration of a new 35-m diameter deep space antenna -- the fourth for Estrack,...