Sun unleashes colossal X4.2 solar flare, knocking out radio signals across Africa and Europe (video)
The sun is certainly putting on quite the show this week. Earlier today (Feb. 4), it fired off…
‘Textbooks will need to be updated’: Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought, Juno spacecraft reveals
Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter than scientists thought for decades, a new study finds. Researchers used radio…
In the search for bees, Mozambique honey hunters and birds share a language with distinct, regional dialects
People who hunt for honey in Mozambique use distinct dialects when communicating with birds to find bees, and…
How to watch this Doctor Who spin-off before it’s released on Disney+
Only three things in life are certain: Death, taxes and ‘This content is not available in your region’.…
Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?
There has been much global discussion about the best ways to manage Earth’s forests in an era of…
SpaceX hits €1.06tn after xAI merger as Musk consolidates empire
Published on 04/02/2026 – 11:42 GMT+1 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now valued at $1.25 trillion (€1.06tn) following its…
It’s official—the Chinese Academy of Sciences presents the world’s most powerful magnet and ushers in a new scientific era—it is 700,000 times more powerful than the Earth’s magnetic field
A team of Chinese researchers has managed to build the most powerful superconducting magnet ever created. This means…
How clever whales school others on catching lunch
Not all whales are equally wise. Some, it turns out, know tricks that others do not, and they…
Jaw-dropping raw footage shows spacecraft ripping through the atmosphere as it reenters Earth at Mach 25
Space exploration continues to quite literally hit new highs, and this footage shows a spacecraft zooming back down…
730 million people in the world live without power. Progress has stalled
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting…
How giant ‘Blobs’ of rock have influenced Earth’s magnetic field for millions of years – new research
While we have sent probes billions of kilometres into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of…
Scientists Unlock Mysterious “Quantum Metric” That Warps Electrons Like Gravity Bends Light
This groundbreaking discovery could reshape the future of electronics, including supercomputers and sensors. By revealing this “quantum metric,”…