The Dark Matter Detector in the Scottish Borders
It turns out, the world’s biggest dark matter detector may well be the planet you’re standing (or sitting)…
Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
For more than a century, paleontologists studying the Late Jurassic seas that once covered southern Germany believed only…
Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing | Drought
In 1998, I travelled to London for the release of the Meteorological Office’s first forecasts of the impact…
Scientists create largest 2D map of the universe with 5.6 trillion pixels and nearly 4 billion cosmic objects
Astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever created, offering a sweeping new view of…
107 years ago, the Eddington total eclipse experiment helped prove Einstein’s theory of relativity
On Wednesday a total solar eclipse will pass over Iceland and other parts of Europe. And while many…
At age 5, Colin Limpus watched his family collect turtle eggs for food; he later devoted more than 50 years to protecting them | World News
Colin Limpus devoted more than fifty years to the study and conservation of marine turtles, influenced by childhood…
NASA Finalizes Astronaut-Set Lunar Science Tool
The fully-integrated LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station) ready for environmental testing. A small suitcase-size instrument suite built at…
Irish reservoirs being monitored with water levels severely depleted – The Irish Times
Reservoir levels are being closely monitored as the drought continues, but Uisce Éireann said they were not at…
How to See the August 12 Solar Eclipse in NYC
New Yorkers who still have their eclipse glasses rattling around in a junk drawer after 2024 may finally…
Physicists Made 10,000 Particles Defy Newton’s Third Law for an Hour. Here’s How
Some laws of physics are so fundamental that they’ve served as the baseline for science for centuries. But…
Scientists were exploring the Amazon with Will Smith when they came across something extraordinary
Deep in the Amazon, while filming a National Geographic documentary series alongside actor Will Smith, a team of…
Watching the First Moments in a Star’s Death
Astrophysicists have observed the x-ray breakout shock from a distant supernova for only the second time in the…