A flexible robotic arm mimics an elephant's trunk, twisting and stiffening to perform tasks, offering safer alternatives to rigid robots.

As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of ...

As the vernal equinox approaches on March 20, 2025, the night sky comes alive with a dazzling mix of celestial events, ...

After 34 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James Webb Space ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

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Fountain realized that the 1966 observations were of two separate objects (Janus and Epimetheus ... high mountains stretch along the moon's equator. Dione is a heavily cratered moon with a ...

On this day, the sun appears directly above the Equator at noon. Hence, statement 1 is correct. Story continues below this ad — Equinoxes occur twice a year, in March and September, and are the only ...

A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...

The International Space Station (ISS), for example, flies closer to the equator, and its occupants never see the poles. Beyond the firsts, though, the Fram2 crew will take part in 22 experiments ...

Because the Earth is round, the sun is more directly overhead during the day at the equator than at the poles. This means more energy reaches the surface of the Earth near the equator. And that ...