
Top UK space scientist predicts alien life will be found by 2075
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock says a positive detection could come within five decades, citing exoplanet findings and the Drake equation

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock says a positive detection could come within five decades, citing exoplanet findings and the Drake equation

New ancient-DNA study ties 2,000-year-old Beachy Head Woman to Roman-era Britain, debunking earlier claims of African origins.

A 4,000-year-old sheep tooth carries Yersinia pestis DNA, suggesting animals helped transmission and offering new clues on how ancient plague moved with livestock and human migration.

Stray visitor from another star glides past our planet before heading back into interstellar space

DNA from Yersinia pestis found in Bronze Age sheep offers first non-human evidence of plague spread, hinting at animal reservoirs that helped move the disease across Eurasia.

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock predicts a positive detection of extraterrestrial life within 50 years, citing the Drake equation and recent exoplanet findings.

DNA from Yersinia pestis found in Bronze Age sheep offers clues to how plague spread before the Black Death

Astronomical winter begins as daylight reaches its minimum in the north; opposite occurs in the Southern Hemisphere

Scientists use drone-collected whale blows and skin samples to confirm cetacean morbillivirus above the Arctic Circle, signaling a new noninvasive approach to monitoring ocean health.