JWST found a ‘dead’ galaxy that quit making stars billions of years ago
Three billion years after the Big Bang, a massive galaxy already looked like it had run out of…
How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth
The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke.…
67 million-year-old fossil reveals the origin of freshwater fish hearing
A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in…
Ocean storms under Antarctic ice found to rapidly boost melting
Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of…
Astronomers solve the mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface
The mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface has long puzzled scientists.…
Scientists develop reusable air filter that mimics the human nose
Air pollution isn’t always visible, but it affects nearly every breath taken indoors. Floating in the air are…