This Strange New Magnet Could Transform Future Electronics
An illustration of the atomic structure of altermagnets. Neighboring atoms are rotated and their magnetic spins are flipped.…
Eurasian Lynx photographed for the first time in Sikkim
The Eurasian lynx, one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx has been…
In 1776, the solar system only had 6 planets. Now, it has 8. Does it end there?
Over the past 250 years, the number of “planets” in our solar system has ranged from six to…
Proponent, route and Pathways all still unclear ahead of Alberta’s pipeline announcement
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have taken a new look at Earth’s violent beginnings and found that…
390 gravitational wave detections reveal hidden population of black holes
Scientists at the University of Glasgow are celebrating the release of a massive new catalog of gravitational wave…
‘Exploratory and curious animals’: mysterious rise in orca sightings off Northumberland coast | Marine life
The Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast have long drawn fans of the natural world keen to catch…
An enormous explosion has occurred in deep space – and scientists caught it within minutes of the detonation
Scientists have detected and observed one of the brightest, most powerful explosions in the Universe, within minutes of…
I left balmy California to come home to the cold Canadian Prairies — and I’m so glad I did
This First Person article is the experience of Margo McCall, a former Californian who returned to Winnipeg, and a…
This weird ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren’t sure how
Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the universe, blazing gas giants like Jupiter or…
Europe’s Future Circular Collider could revolutionize particle physics—if it’s ever built
When I arrived at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in the prairie suburbs west of Chicago to…
How Bolivia’s breakthrough in jaguar rehabilitation could bring the big cat back from the brink | Conservation
A tentative paw emerged from a steel cage on to the sandy riverbed deep in the Bolivian rainforest.…