A Distant Primordial Object May Be a Newborn Little Red Dot
The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been doing multiple surveys of the very distant Universe, digging…
Bats synchronize their echolocation to avoid acoustic chaos
Bats spend every night making split-second decisions in complete darkness. They avoid obstacles, chase insects, and stay close…
Experts spent 30 years studying penguin poop from space – and found something really weird
Climate change is worsening the diets of Antarctic Adélie penguins, according to a new study published in Current…
Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion
Press Release “The conclusion of a century-long quest” 28 July 2026 At long last, astronomers have firm evidence…
Superconductivity under pressure in a van der Waals heavy-fermion metal
Yankowitz, M., Ma, Q., Herrero, P. J. & LeRoy, B. J. van der Waals heterostructures combining graphene and…
Sperm whales blow bubbles in their sleep to stay submerged
Think about the last time you fell asleep. Your body went still. Your breathing slowed. You didn’t have…
Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics – Physics World
Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Amateur Astronomer Discovers Ancient Meteorite Impact Using Google Maps
Joël Lapointe was casually browsing Google Maps, planning hiking routes for an upcoming camping trip, when he stumbled…
Scientists Document Sharks Scraping Against Manta Rays. But What Does It Mean?
It’s been seen again: Galapagos sharks rubbing themselves against giant manta rays, possibly to scrape off parasites! The…
‘Eclipse season’: Europe to see two eclipses in two weeks as Earth, Moon and Sun line up
A 35-day “eclipse season” is underway as the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in space, bringing two…
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit in wake of Starship test flight (video)
SpaceX launched 24 more satellites for its Starlink network on Saturday (July 25), a day after demonstrating it…
All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful?
In 2025, quantum physicist Daniel Oblak and his colleagues published images of mice that made headlines around the…