How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Stars are a critical piece of the larger cosmos. They’re engines of nucleosynthesis, forging the elements—and the planets—that…
An octopus was filmed carrying two halves of a coconut shell across the seafloor to reassemble them later as a portable suit of armour, one of the only clear cases of a wild invertebrate using tools.
A team of Australian marine biologists were diving off the coast of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, on a research…
Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in ‘The Martian’
Europe’s Mars Express orbiter has captured new, stunning imagery flying low over a geological region of the Red…
Beijing Bets on Fossil Fuels Even as It Leads the World in Renewables
China has become the world’s largest renewable energy producer by accelerating the rollout of solar, wind, and battery…
Catching An ‘Almost Total’ Lunar Eclipse on August 28th
The Americas take center stage for next Thursday night’s deep partial lunar eclipse. So, did you miss the…
Optics & Photonics News – Correlated Electrons Boost X-Ray Harmonics
Researchers have generated previously unobtainable X-ray harmonics by firing intense ultraviolet laser pulses at helium gas in a…
These Whale Calls Appear to Break Physics, but the Truth Is Even Weirder
While tracking whale calls near Massachusetts, oceanographer John Spiesberger noticed that the software he was using was clocking…
ESA’s Sophie Adenot is the first French woman to spacewalk
Adenot and NASA’s Anil Menon conducted the spacewalk with the goal of replacing a failed space-to-ground antenna on…
As super El Nino looms, wealthy nations must learn from those already living with water scarcity
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
I went in search of Spain’s total solar eclipse – and found something much more special
Light has returned. Sitting on the grassy bank of a limestone hilltop, I watch a golden glow spread…
‘Little red dots’ could herald the birth of supermassive black holes – Physics World
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Okapi: new book celebrates a once famous animal and recovers Indigenous experts’ place in its history
As a child growing up in the Ndumo Game Reserve on the South Africa-Mozambique border, Simon Pooley read…