Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.

A newly discovered visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae is reshaping long-held assumptions about how vertebrates see the world.

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from ...

THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...

Mars’ moons are easily visible at night from the Red Planet. Larger Phobos is brighter, while smaller Deimos is still brighter than any star.

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

German-based photographer Wolfgang Tillmans' current exhibition at Regen Projects opened to long lines and an overflow crowd ...

Photographing a solar eclipse draws crowds whenever the Moon crosses in front of the Sun, and many people now prepare well in advance to capture the event safely. On 17 February, the first solar ...

Southern Californians out on Saturday night for Valentine's Day took a break from staring longingly into each other's eyes to gaze at something else: a SpaceX rocket blazing across the early evening ...

The four astronauts are replacing a crew forced to return to Earth early over a medical issue. Among them is astronaut Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space.

On August 2, 2027, Earth will witness a total eclipse, but it's not just another total eclipse. This astronomical phenomenon that will never happen again in ...

Previous research has suggested that Greenland sharks had impaired vision, so Fogg wasn’t expecting to discover anything ...