Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef – plans to fix it aren’t up to the task
When you think about threats to the Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching due to climate change would likely…
The Hubble Space Telescope reached orbit with a mirror ground to the wrong shape by a fraction of a human hair, and astronauts repaired the billion-dollar mistake by effectively giving it glasses
Hubble’s first images did not look like the beginning of a new era in astronomy. Stars that should…
India Creates History At Physics Olympiad
All five Indian teenagers who competed at the International Physics Olympiad 2026 won gold medals; thanks to their…
The engineers trying to save a fading Voyager had one chance to fire thrusters frozen and unused for 37 years, and when the signal finally returned they learned the impossible had worked
The story sounds almost too neat: a spacecraft launched in 1977, a set of thrusters last used in…
China Just Connected the World’s Biggest Hybrid Solar Plant to the Grid
The face of energy security is changing. Historically, fossil fuels have represented security thanks to their established supply…
Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)
Rocket Lab has completed a major qualification test for its formidable Archimedes engine, which will power the company’s…
Prestige, Topic, Location Key in Publication Success
Scientists from prestigious universities and large research groups are significantly more likely to have their research published in…
NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids
A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover…
Forests, Rivers Boost Amphibians’ Microbiome Defense
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that a frog’s resistance to a fungus that…
Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life’s origins
Is space … sweet? As it turns out, interstellar space has sugar — and it’s the same type…
A new monkey species,‘Likweli,’ is found in the Congolese rainforest
Deep in the Congolese rainforest, scientists have discovered a new species of monkey so elusive even local communities…
Risks of solar storms may be underestimated warn researchers
image: Illustration of solar wind streaming from a fuming sun drives auroras bright enough to be seen far…