In a potential advance for medical research, scientists say they’ve created the first functioning human muscle from skin cells. As UPI.com reports, the breakthrough could lead to better genetic or cell-based therapies, as well as furthering investigations into the causes and treatment of muscular disorders, the Duke University team said. “The prospect of studying rare …

Nasa ’s Juno probe has captured a stunning image of Jupiter that bears an uncanny resemblance to Van Gogh’s famous painting, Starry Night. The spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, was just over one Earth diameter away from the surface of Jupiter when it captured the incredible image. Jupiter’s tumultuous atmosphere can be seen …

Millions of red crabs have shut down beaches and closed roads across Christmas Island as they make their way back to the jungle after mating season. A crimson tide of the near-threatened crustaceans is so thick it can be seen from Google Earth and looks like a river of blood slowly moving across the remote …

A hole in the ozone layer that appeared above Antarctica in the 1980s has shrunk thanks to a worldwide ban on damaging chemicals, Nasa has confirmed. Research found that levels of ozone-damaging chlorine are rapidly declining in the planet’s atmosphere, a direct indicator that Earth’s protective layer is on the mend. Last year, satellite images …

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has spotted a set of mysterious ‘stick-like figures’ on the red planet. In a photo shared to the rover’s Twitter account this week, NASA revealed a look at the unusual formations recently discovered on the face of a Martian rock. It’s unclear what exactly created the quarter-inch-long ‘stick-figures,’ though the space …