In space, there is no “up” or “down.” That can mess with the human brain and affect the way people move and think in space. An investigation on the International Space Station seeks to understand how ...

After being knocked over by wind or hail, many plants quickly grow upward again. Scientists at North Carolina State University and the University of Michigan have discovered that oats and maize use a ...

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

So it’s confession time: I’ve been lying to you. I’ve said on many occasions that our Milky Way galaxy has a flat disk (like in this column or this one). But it’s not really flat—not even for a ...

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples ...

Man Utd have had a full preseason under Ruben Amorim. / IMAGO/Icon Sportswire Manchester United come into 2025–26 at their lowest ebb in half a century. Things can’t possibly be as bad again, ...

Port Vale boss Darren Moore says he has been getting his squad to believe the "only way is up" as they try to stay in touch with safety in League One. The Valiants are bottom of the table, seven ...