How many neighbours did planet Earth lose? We may have lost planet 9 and trillions of comets from our Solar System
The Solar System didn’t always exist as we know it today. It’s about 4.5 billion years old and…
Farmer fears for kingfishers and wildlife at crowded River Stour
A farmer has spoken of his fears that antisocial river users are scaring or drowning local wildlife. Daniel…
The universe’s total mass-energy budget, according to standard cosmology: 4.9% ordinary matter, 26.8% dark matter and 68.3% dark energy — meaning everything made from the atoms on the periodic table accounts for less than one-twentieth of the cosmos.
Everything directly available to our senses belongs to the smallest slice of the standard cosmological budget. Stars, planets,…
NASA Finds Earth Microbes Could Hide in the Moon’s Deep Shadows
Shadows near the Moon’s south pole may create temporary refuges where microbes carried by astronauts can withstand otherwise…
Spiders are barely noticed underfoot, but a peer-reviewed 2017 estimate put their annual global prey kill at 400–800 million tonnes — a range whose upper end is about twice the roughly 400 million tonnes of meat and fish humans consume each year
Most of us file spiders under one of two headings. Either they are pests to squash or usher…
The ocean looks like one vast sunlit body of water, but below about 600 feet there is too little light for photosynthesis, and below 3,300 feet sunlight disappears entirely—leaving much of Earth’s surface in permanent darkness.
Seen from orbit, Earth looks like a blue world wrapped in one connected, sunlit ocean. That horizontal view…
Could consuming sugary drinks increase your risk for stomach cancer?
Having one sugary drink a day probably doesn’t feel like a particularly dangerous habit, but a large new…
Astronomers discover a water-rich exoplanet that will be swallowed by its star
The number of new exoplanets discovered continues to grow, particularly thanks to observations from various space telescopes. But…
Have you seen this squirrel? These Alberta researchers want to know
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion
Two remarkably successful theories explain nearly everything we observe in the universe, from tiny atoms and molecules to…
APOD: 2026 August 29 – Eclipse Pair
Explanation: Eclipses tend to come in pairs. Twice a year, during an eclipse season that lasts about 34…
From cello tape to bottles, Bengaluru students put physics in action at planetarium exhibition
BENGALURU: Transparent sticky tape, discarded plastic bottles and lightweight ping-pong balls stepped out of everyday clutter and onto…