Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

“An adopted Scot, a Leither, and now an FRSE. What riches.” ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

ESA’s Euclid mission mapped 26 million galaxies, revealing galaxy shapes, cosmic structures, and gravitational lenses ...

Also joining the RSE’s 2025 new fellows is David Field, chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs both Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park. He previously served ...

On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency's Euclid mission releases its first batch of survey data, including a preview of ...

This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the ...