A community has hosted an event to honour the 250th anniversary of the discovery of oxygen. Joseph Priestley made the ...

Priestley spent seven years in Wiltshire, in quite luxurious ... what we now know as oxygen. So he nearly discovered photosynthesis." Photosynthesis was discovered by someone he knew, Jan ...

You can also send story ideas to IsleofMan@bbc.co.uk Joseph Priestley first isolated the gas at a Wiltshire ... discovery in the town in 1774. Experts in the region say it is due to a depletion of ...

Now, however, the sensational discovery has come under scrutiny as researchers pick holes in the original findings, arguing that this so-called "dark oxygen" may not exist after all. The debate ...

This discovery has profound implications for the search for extraterrestrial life. Previously, the existence of oxygen was considered a strong indicator of photosynthetic life forms. However ...

Scientists have discovered traces of rust minerals on the Moon’s surface. The Moon has iron, but no liquid water or oxygen, so rust shouldn’t be possible. A new theory suggests that the Moon ...

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An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new hyperluminous quasar. The newfound quasar, which received the designation eFEDSJ0828–0139, has a high star-formation rate and ...