Astronomers just named an asteroid after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
It may not be a slime creature from outer space, but you can finally find “Weird Al” Yankovic’s…
The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now – Physics World
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Great white shark attacks ‘ghost dolphin’ in Brazil. A predation event like this has never been recorded here before
Researchers have found and recorded the first forensic evidence of a white shark attacking a Franciscana dolphin along the coast…
A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions
So it’s clear that SpaceX is not operating its Starlink constellation in a cavalier manner. But it’s also…
UK to join EU ocean science scheme to better predict extreme weather events | Climate crisis
Britain is to join a major new ocean science programme, led by the EU, to better forecast extreme…
Asteroid-mining company AstroForge to launch world’s 1st totally autonomous spacecraft in 2027
AstroForge plans to make spaceflight history next year. The California-based asteroid-mining company has booked its Autonomy-1 mission on…
Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
Two decades ago, scientists seemed on the verge of understanding biology in a new, quantum way. Life unfolds…
Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals | Mammals
In the northern forests of the Congo-Brazzaville, as the sun slips away, a distinctive honking fills the dusky…
Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis
Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might…
Opinion | Protecting nature is possible through innovative financing
Henry M. Paulson Jr., chairman of the Paulson Institute, was U.S. treasury secretary from 2006 to 2009. The…
James Webb Space Telescope finds water near our nearest supermassive black hole photo of the day for Sept. 23, 2026
(Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan) New…
Scientists propose a light-matter quantum state inside living cells
Researchers report an unexplained 71-terahertz vibration in living cells, mouse tissues and isolated mitochondria that disappears when mitochondrial…