Record-breaking photodetector captures light in just 125 picoseconds
Electrical engineers at Duke University have created the fastest pyroelectric photodetector ever demonstrated, a device that detects light…
The Arctic Ocean and Why You Literally Can’t Live Without It
Despite harsh conditions, the Arctic Ocean supports marine mammals such as seals and whales, along with fish, seabirds,…
Mars once had beaches like Earth! Radar data is revealing the buried shoreline |
Mars once had beaches like Earth (Image source: Canva) For decades, scientists have debated whether Mars once had…
‘Very lucky to have witnessed this’
Wildlife conservationists are celebrating after capturing footage of a rare species deep in the Ladakh region of northern…
Huge “islands” found inside Earth are 100 times taller than Everest
Scientists have discovered two continent-sized regions hidden deep within Earth’s mantle, referred to in a recent study as…
Warning fracking on Tanumbirini Station could damage hot springs
Water scientists and Indigenous custodians are calling on the Northern Territory government to reject an application by Santos…
SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous ‘jellyfish’ in…
A rocket’s high-altitude plume is lit up in shades of blue and orange by the sun prior to…
It’s 2,350 miles long, spans 31 US states and is home to a 100kg animal with a tongue that looks like a worm
The Mississippi River flows for around 2,350 miles through the heart of the US. It drains an area…
Astronomers Spot a Record-Breaking ‘Space Laser’ 8 Billion Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
Despite sounding like something out of pulpy ’50s sci-fi, ‘space lasers’ are real – and astrophysicists have now…
How would the Iran crisis play out in a world powered by renewables not fossil fuels?
Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind,…
36 years later, NASA began checking Hubble’s forgotten images — Now they found unknown objects, unusual galaxies and “impossible-shaped” structures
NASA has become one of the most important organizations in the world. The recent space discoveries that have…
Kazakhstan Is Gearing Up to Welcome Tigers Back By Using A Genetic Twin From The Russian Wilderness
Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica). Credit: Wikimedia Commons Along the shores of Lake Balkhash in southeastern Kazakhstan, conservationists…