Listening for the Universe’s Faintest Whispers, a Billion Supernovae at Once
How do you listen for something quieter than almost anything else in nature, a signal built from ghostly…
An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home
Offshore fish farming isn’t traditionally known for sustainability. The industry relies on burning a lot of diesel. One…
One Light-Day Away: Voyager’s Epic Voyage
Buzz Lightyear’s ‘to infinity and beyond’ in Toy Story was meant as an impossible boast.Voyager, however, has given…
New research revealed in tonight’s episode of The Sky at Night strengthens the case for life on Mars
We’ve had a quick first-look at the latest episode of The Sky at Night, due to be broadcast…
Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research
Pollinators – including bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and some nectar-loving birds – are a cornerstone of our…
Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight | Astronomy
Two celestial beauties line up on Friday when the young crescent moon meets brilliant Venus in the evening…
A single teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh about four billion tonnes on Earth — roughly the mass of a mountain — because the star has crushed the equivalent of the Sun into a sphere the width of a city
PSR B1919+21, the first neutron star ever detected, was picked up by Jocelyn Bell Burnell in Cambridge in…
Fire bomber planes battle Fontainebleau forest blaze near Paris | Wildfires
French officials rushed two firefighting planes to the Paris region on Sunday after a “very virulent” fire of…
Perseid Meteor Shower Returns This Week Under An ‘Earthshine’ Moon
Topline Here comes a classic crescent moon-and-meteors week. Tuesday, July 14, sees a new moon — when our…
Infrared Chip Boosts Gas and Heat Detection
Infrared cameras can be used to spot useful information that our eyes can’t see, such as gases escaping…
25 Year Old’s Big Dream: Manufacturing In Space
‘ISRO is planning to build a Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2030. So, our goal is to create a…
Bacteria convert uranium into a stable chemical compound
The radioactive heavy metal uranium is usually found in the soil in a mineral-bound form but can be…