Briefing

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have discovered a vast 23 million light-year-wide tendril connecting galactic clusters and containing much of the universe’s missing matter.

The “immersive entertainment” boom takes user-centred experiences to new heights, but isn’t it making culture a little insular, asks Arwa Haider

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help itself grow

The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.

Destroying Iran’s stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.

SpaceX’s newest Starship vehicle exploded on a stand in Texas late Wednesday night (June 18), as it was being prepped for the program’s 10th-ever test flight.

Recovering “revenge addict” James Kimmel Jr. makes the case for retaliation to be understood as an addiction in new book The Science of Revenge. It’s compelling, but doesn’t quite add up

A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.

Paramount announced that the show’s five-season mission is coming to an end last week with a heartfelt ‘thank you’ from the showrunners.

China’s human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.