Little Red Dots Are The Seeds of Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first looked at the darkest regions of the sky, it was…
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
Tiger cats — small, wild cats in the Leopardus genus native to South and Central America — face…
Scientists find youngest exoplanet on record — a ‘newborn’ named Elias
Astronomers have discovered the youngest exoplanet on record, and they spotted the “newborn” world hiding in old data…
Tons of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from
Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile…
Footprint on Mars? A NASA rover has been studying mysterious pits on the Red Planet. Here’s what’s really going on
We’ve all seen the dainty, dotted footprints left behind by dogs running across damp sand on a beach.…
OQC And Trust Base Study Helps Map The Path to Quantum Advantage in Finance
Insider Brief Oxford Quantum Circuits and Trust Base found that progress toward quantum advantage in finance will depend…
Hedgehog rescued from water meter in Great Ellingham
The animal was stuck three feet down a shaft in Great Ellingham, near Attleborough. RSPCA animal rescue officer…
Cities won’t survive on the moon as there isn’t enough water, scientists say
If, like Elon Musk, you have been dreaming of a future in which large populations of humans can…
‘I see them like my own children’: reforesting Ethiopia with 50bn trees, one step at a time | Global development
When Halima Kedir first began planting trees, she was met with scepticism and even mockery. “My neighbours discouraged…
On 22 January 1997, Lottie Williams was walking through a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a small scrap of blackened fibreglass tapped her shoulder and fell into the grass; it was identified as debris from a Delta II rocket stage launched nine months earlier, making her the only person known to have been struck by falling space junk.
At about 3:30 a.m. on January 22, 1997, Lottie Williams was walking with friends in O’Brien Park in…
Bridges open up woodland near Canterbury to Kent’s roaming bison
Bison are considered to be “ecosystem engineers” because their natural behaviour, such as browsing, grazing, felling trees and…
Fossilized poop may reveal why birds survived asteroid strike
Tiny feathers encased in fossilized poop are helping scientists understand why some birds made it through the mass…