Turbulent times for star formation in Stephan’s Quintet
image: The contour lines show radio emissions from carbon monoxide molecules in Stephan’s Quintet, arranged like the contours…
‘Everyone seems to have forgotten’: In Tibet, flood-hit families search for the missing and grapple with China’s silence | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
Fan Hong last heard from her husband on the morning of the Nepal-Tibet disaster. More than a week…
Deep beneath Mars, scientists find a vast hidden magma system
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found evidence that Mars may once have contained enormous Earth-like magmatic…
In 1972, physicists proposed hunting for gravitational waves with giant laser interferometers, and it took until 2015, after four decades of null results, for twin facilities in Louisiana and Washington to catch the ripple from two black holes colliding a billion light years away.
Picture handing your working life to an experiment that has a real chance of finding nothing at all.…
Two more beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium
CHICAGO (AP) — Two more beluga whales have died at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, including one that was rehomed…
What 107 professional MMA fighters actually ate before and after weigh-in
A detailed look at what professional fighters eat and drink across the critical hours from their final weight…
Australia Is Evacuating an Antarctic Base So No One Has to Watch Thousands of Seals Die
A research base near Antarctica is about to be cleared of its human residents for the rest of…
NASA wires up Dragonfly and names the landing area
science Titan-bound rotorcraft set for launch in 2028 The Titan dune field where NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft will land…
46 years ago, Carl Sagan beautifully explained the fourth dimension using a sliced apple
How do you explain the concept of a fourth dimension to humans who are only able to see…
In 1945, an Arizona professor started hunting glowing scorpions at night; decades later his laboratory had become a major centre for venom research |
Representative Image of fluorescent scorpions glowing across a desert landscape after dark (AI-generated image) In 1945, an Arizona…
A Billion Tons of Ice Are Hiding Under Utah, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
When we picture glaciers, it’s easy to imagine vast expanses of white ice gleaming under the sky. But…
France records ‘hottest summer ever’ in 2026 | Climate News
France joins other European countries in recording its hottest summer since measurements began. Published On 3 Sep 20263…