Scientists Find a New Way To Hear the Faint “Ringing” of Black Holes
When two black holes collide and merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be detected by sensitive…
Deep-sea ‘ghost shark’ spotted feeding in the shallows off the coast of Vancouver Island
An underwater photographer was finally rewarded with a sighting of a rarely seen deep-sea fish when a chimaera…
New injectable treatment helps the brain rebuild after stroke
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have created an injectable biomaterial that may help the brain recover from damage…
‘They’ll be finding bodies next year’: a renowned forensic scientist on Nepal’s ‘extreme challenges’ | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
The bodies of some of those killed in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster may never be found, and some…
Tube Launch Boosts Rocket’s Performance
If you want improve a model rocket’s performance, all the common options come with serious trade-offs: you could…
A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures
Physicists have spent decades organizing the growing collection of subatomic particles, yet some discoveries continue to resist easy…
A “New” Penguin Species Has Been Discovered on One of Earth’s Most Remote Islands
Gentoo penguins. Credit: Claudia Ulloa Genetic research revealed four distinct gentoo penguin species, including a newly identified species…
How brainless sea sponges use sunset as a cue to prepare for metamorphosis
Well before I start collecting coats, keys or shoes, my dog always knows when we’re about to leave.…
Earth is warming to levels not seen in about 6,500 years, 2026’s heatwave across Europe ‘proved’ that; now scientists may have a ‘cooling solution’
A prolonged heat wave swept across Western Europe in the summer of 2026, pushing the region to its…
JWST Captures Stunning Evidence of How Supermassive Black Holes Feed
An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble…
A newly found star circles the Milky Way’s central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuring the hole’s spin within a decade
A faint point of light showed up 15 milliarcseconds northwest of Sagittarius A* in the spring of 2023,…
In 1972, scientists travelled into remote Queensland after receiving an unidentified snake head. What they found became one of Australia’s most famous venomous snakes
In 1972, scientists travelled into remote Queensland after receiving an unidentified snake head. What they found became one…