World’s largest tokamak cools 330-ton magnet to near absolute zero
Engineers are preparing for high-current trials at ITER’s newly activated Magnet Cold Test Facility, following a 12-day cooling…
Longest-period young transiting exoplanets discovered
It’s 2234, you’re on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can…
US scientists’ new quantum lab targets future computing breakthroughs
Massachusetts will invest up to $25 million in a new quantum research facility at the Massachusetts Institute of…
Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space
Astronomers have spotted a “planet factory” in space that could explain the origins of bizarre meteorites scattered across…
This strange crystal acts like metal and glass at the same time
Creating nearly invisible wearable technologies such as smart contact lenses and ultrathin augmented reality (AR) glasses will require…
How Plants Learnt To Protect Themselves From UV Rays
Published on A UNIGE team traces the evolutionary history of plant mechanisms that protect against UV-B radiation. Fountain…
Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study | Wildfires
“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Took 100,000th Image of Red Planet
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona In 2005, NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) from Cape Canaveral. Its mission…
AtLAST: The telescope that could reveal the missing half of the universe
A new European-led telescope could map the dusty, hidden half of the universe, all without using fossil fuels.…
After a crippled seven-year journey Japan’s Hayabusa probe limped home in 2010 and burned up in the sky over Australia, but not before releasing the first asteroid samples ever returned to Earth.
Japan’s Hayabusa probe returned to Earth on 13 June 2010, breaking apart in a bright streak over the…
Scientists Unveil 3D Color Imaging Technique for Real-Time Human Scans
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Southern California (USC) have introduced a…
This is the radical new rocket tech that will put the whole Solar System within humanity’s reach
A century ago, Robert Hutchings Goddard – a physics professor branded ‘Moon Man’ by the public and ridiculed…