Two Planets Lighter Than Candy Floss
How flimsy and fluffy can a world be? We tend to picture planets as solid, weighty things and…
This star’s light has been crossing space since the American Revolution. Here’s how to find it
The United States’ 250th birthday is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by…
As Their Nationwide Pollution Problem Deepens, Russians Say They Have Bigger Worries
For residents of Ulan-Ude, the capital of Russia’s republic of Buryatia, the fleeting Siberian summer offers a rare…
Blue Origin insists New Glenn will rise from the ashes this year after explosion deleted launchpad
OFFBEAT CEO says reconstruction has begun, though the timetable looks ambitious Blue Origin’s boss has reiterated that the Jeff…
Disorder Sparks New Traits in Compound Semiconductors
An international research team has demonstrated that the intrinsic disorder of the compound semiconductor CuInSnS₄ can be exploited…
‘When it melts, it’s ruined’: We need act on this week’s wake-up call – The Irish Times
We know it is a hot summer in Ireland when the national airwaves start debating the merits and…
Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab, the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron, has announced plans to acquire…
Humpback whales are rewriting the calendar in Irish waters
New academic research has revealed that humpback whales are visiting Ireland earlier each year in correlation with rising…
Testing the Orbital Mechanics of Giant Mirrors
Giant mirrors in space have been a staple of science fiction for decades. But so far there’s been…
Wind turbines are sold as clean energy’s answer, and they are, but the blades turning overhead hide a recycling problem almost no one sees coming
Drive past a wind farm on an open stretch of American highway and the turbines look like the…
Light pollution may be erasing millions of dollars in value at US dark-sky parks
Every year, millions of people travel to remote, protected “dark-sky parks” in search of experiences that depend on…
Physicists Solve a “Quantum-Only” Problem Using an Ordinary Laptop
Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers.…