NASA Starshade Would Enable Astronomers To Directly Image Rocky Exoworlds
A NASA-led team is hoping to take a short cut in directly imaging extrasolar earthlike planets. The idea…
Japan develops its first neutral-atom quantum computer
Japanese researchers are making headway in the field of quantum computing, or systems that are much faster at…
An Australian family noticed snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile; snake catchers found 102 venomous snakes underneath | World News
A few snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile had seemed like a worrying but manageable problem for…
NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed an important milestone ahead of its trip to space. Mission…
Plastic producers must clean up their own mess
Every year, Bangladesh produces around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste, of which only about 40 percent is recycled.…
Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts
President Donald J. Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to each member of NASA’s Artemis…
Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years | Animals
Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years. The…
The universe is 13.8 billion years old, yet the observable universe is about 93 billion light-years across. That isn’t because light broke its own speed limit: while the oldest light travelled toward us, the space separating us from its source continued to expand, leaving that source’s present-day location roughly 46.5 billion light-years away.
The apparent contradiction begins with a calculation that would be perfectly reasonable in a static universe. Light travels…
The humble balloon has an environmental problem — these scientists think they have a fix
LONDON, Aug 24 — A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon…
Starwatch: Lunar eclipse to reward early risers in UK and Europe | The moon
The early hours of Friday 28 August will reward very early risers in the UK, Europe and Africa…
After months of tracking, volunteers found five leopard cats breeding in Changi’s forest, but Terminal 5 construction is forcing them to relocate |
For months, the forest around Changi was being watched after dark. More than 50 volunteers, working with conservation…
How, when and why to use agentic AI in our neuroscience labs
It dawned on me in early March this year, on the Caribbean island of Barbados, of all places.…