Aurora alert: Solar wind from giant coronal hole could enhance Northern Lights on Wednesday
The Sun’s rotation caused the coronal hole to face our planet and a blast of solar wind is…
These are the Hubble Space Telescope’s most spectacular images of our Solar System
The Hubble Space Telescope has been capturing spectacular views of our Universe since its launch in 1990, giving…
How black holes can fuel star formation instead of shutting it down
Black holes can suppress star formation, but nine nearby galaxies reveal how their outflows could also help trigger…
When it hatches, it goes on a bit of a murder spree. Despite being featherless, with its eyes still closed, it chucks the other eggs over the edge
You might think that the female host bird, be it a robin, dunnock, or reed warbler, would spot…
Twistronics: how twisted 2D nanomaterials create exotic quantum phases and new superconductors
Article summary
Twistronics studies what happens when two atomically thin materials, especially graphene, are stacked and rotated…
Bright centres of galaxies powered by black holes devouring space – and they’re the nearly as old as the Universe itself
Scientists have found 31 of the most ancient quasars ever recorded, including two dating back to when the…
Weirdest interstellar comets to visit our solar system and the alien theories they fuelled
In a 2021 paper, Loeb had stated that ‘Oumuamua had “half a dozen anomalies relative to comets or…
El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August | Environment
The planet’s atmosphere held more water vapour in August than any other month on record, further increasing the…
Astronomers have less than seven years to watch a giant planet transit its star before its precessing orbit carries it out of alignment for hundreds of years.
TOI-1355 b is visible in transit now, but probably not for much longer. A team led by Noriharu…
Tiny wild cat newly identified as a species draws curious visitors in Bolivia – The Washington Post
Tiny wild cat newly identified as a species draws curious visitors in Bolivia The Washington PostMeet the First New…
XRISM measured gas plunging toward pulsar GX 301−2 at 540,000 km/h as it crossed Wray 977’s stellar wind—and found evidence that its turbulent disk breaks apart before rebuilding in the opposite direction.
XRISM recorded plasma falling towards the X-ray pulsar GX 301−2 at least 540,000 kilometres per hour while the…
Why the fight against pollution depends on better data
Faulty environmental data is not merely an academic problem. It can lead to flawed policies, wasted resources and…