Ancient Goose Fossil Challenges Long-Held Theories About New Zealand Birds
A reconstruction of the St Bathans goose (Metechen luti). Credit: Artwork by Sasha Votyakova, © Te Papa CC…
The Sky Today on Saturday, May 30: Fly a cosmic kite
Back to Article List The Kite of Boötes is high in the east after sunset, offering a simple…
The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world | Renewable energy
The timing was rich with symbolism. As intense heatwaves pummelled Europe and Asia, and oil markets around the…
Astronomers discover red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a red dwarf and a planet. Astronomers have recently discovered red…
What Was That? Unexplained boom heard across parts of New England
A meteor lit up the sky over Palo Alto, California, while a driver was on the road. BOSTON,…
The Messiah isn’t Jesus, it’s this heron walking on water – which won a trophy at the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
I’ve seen plenty of animals doing funny things, but I’ve never seen one defy gravity the way the…
Stanford, IAS professors awarded $1.2M Shaw Prize for mathematics breakthroughs
Candes, 56, is a professor at Stanford University, while De Lellis, 50, works at the Institute for Advanced…
A deep ocean change near Antarctica may follow Atlantic slowdowns, and it could reshape climate patterns
Climate scientists have modeled a weakening Atlantic current for years, and the results have repeatedly pointed in the…
Scientists Discover Two Strange Dead Stars That Defy Astronomical Expectations
Two exotic white dwarf merger remnants have been found to share a striking set of unusual properties, including…
A single bolt of lightning can heat the air around it to roughly five times the temperature of the surface of the Sun, and it is the violent expansion of that superheated air that creates the crack of thunder.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration puts the temperature of a lightning channel at about 30,000 degrees…
Journey to the centre of a galaxy cluster
The focus of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of…
How to watch rare blue moon as it illuminates Irish skies this weekend
This weekend will offer a rare treat for stargazers with a special lunar event which last took place…