Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier
Applications 21/08/2026 416 views 6 likes Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier…
Colliding molecules reveal their ‘cone of reaction’ – Physics World
Colliding molecules reveal their ‘cone of reaction’ – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics…
Country diary: Ten tonnes of solid muscle, basking sharks are booming here once again | Environment
Not long ago, my encounters with basking sharks were pretty close up. When a scientist researching them off…
Stellar spin explains fading black hole light flares
A hydrodynamical simulation of a star being ripped apart by the tidal forces of a supermassive black hole.…
Baffin Island’s ancient ice cap, a frozen relic older than civilization, ran out of snow in the middle of summer for the first time ever recorded
For thousands of years, the Barnes Ice Cap has held its ground on Baffin Island — a remnant…
Astronomers found a ‘mega Earth’ that shouldn’t exist. This alien world is breaking the rules of planet building
When astronomers peer into space to observe planets orbiting stars beyond our Solar System – known as exoplanets…
University from world’s second-richest country named global best for optics
It achieved a perfect subject score of 100, ranking ahead of China’s Zhejiang University in second place and…
Bird flu’s spread has Kangaroo Island on edge, after bushfires and the algal bloom
Kangaroo Island locals on the frontline against bird flu are fearful of further devastation, with the mayor saying…
A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together
Researchers at Monash University have predicted an unusual new form of quantum matter that could overturn long-held assumptions…
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding
Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of…
Astronomers announced in January 2026 that they had found a 710-metre asteroid — nearly eight football fields across — spinning once every 1.88 minutes. A normal rubble-pile asteroid should tear itself apart at anything close to that speed, meaning 2025 MN45 must have internal strength comparable to solid rock.
Somewhere in the main asteroid belt, a body estimated to be 710 metres wide completes a full turn…
Hidden magnetism inside atoms may explain mysterious gamma rays
A decades-old puzzle in nuclear physics has centered on a strange question: why do some atomic nuclei release…