The Night Sky This Week
Topline This is the darkest and most rewarding week of May for stargazing. With the moon fading from…
Physicists Solve Major Challenge in Quantum Synchronization
An artistic representation of nonreciprocal quantum synchronization. RIKEN researchers have proposed a novel approach for the nonreciprocal quantum…
This image just won the public vote in the biggest astrophotography competition on the planet
Stars trailing around a lone Dragon’s Blood tree; the remnants of an exploded star 800 lightyears from Earth;…
New Dutch research flagship embarks on maiden scientific voyage
Six weeks after Queen Máxima christened the RV Anna Weber-van Bosse on the island of Texel, the Netherlands’…
Second act: the pioneers giving green tech a new spin
Driven by ingenuity, vision and grit, forward-thinking clean-tech leaders are giving yesterday’s hardware a second life – turning…
NASA’s Psyche probe is about to slingshot around Mars at 12,000 mph
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is preparing for a close encounter with Mars that will help send it deeper into…
Reading Scientist Wins Prestigious U.S. Award for Space Animations
James O’Donoghue has won the American Astronomical Society’s 2026 Carl Sagan Medal, one of U.S. astronomy’s most prestigious…
NATO backs renewables as solution to energy security, despite US skepticism – POLITICO
“By diversifying the energy sources, and routes, on which our Alliance depends — including through use of alternative…
A brief history of the cosmic distance record
In 1675, Newton famously wrote , “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders…
Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science
Dante Alighieri’s Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination. According to new research, the famous…
Four Canadians from cruise ship at centre of hantavirus outbreak land in B.C. after Quebec stopover
Four Canadians who had been stranded on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship hit by an outbreak of…
Wexford country home with a seaside view is on the market for €945,000
Temair House is located in Tara Hill, Co. Wexford with a view of the Irish Sea. A country…