Uncovered: Mars’ Hidden Moon Reveals Signs of an Ancient Catastrophe
Uncovered: Mars’ Hidden Moon Reveals Signs of an Ancient Catastrophe – Futura-Sciences September 5, 2026 3 min Mars’s…
Bats are protecting one of the world’s most expensive nuts
Bats and nearby natural habitats may help macadamia farms reduce insect damage while supporting stronger yields and wildlife.…
North Cumbrian farms install rainwater harvesting systems
Farmers have installed rain harvesting systems to improve water quality and help sites adapt to extreme weather. The…
Astronomers already knew the Milky Way’s magnetic field reverses near the Sagittarius Arm, but a new 2026 three-dimensional model revealed the boundary’s unexpected shape: not a vertical wall between spiral arms, but a tilted magnetic plane slicing diagonally through the Galactic disc and passing just above our own region of space.
The Milky Way has a magnetic field, but no camera can step outside the Galaxy and photograph its…
Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that transcended realms, switched sexes, went south,…
Seaham bat detectorist concerned by decline in bat numbers
A bat detectorist from Seaham is concerned the bat population in his area is declining year on year.…
Loneliest house in the world on isolated island where your only neighbour is the ocean
You’ve likely seen the photograph at one point or another – a lone house, tucked inside a great…
Have we got our Galaxy completely wrong? Scientists just worked out it’s much wider than they thought
The Milky Ways’s most distant spiral arms may extend significantly farther into space than previously believed, meaning fundamental…
Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter
Chinese researchers have developed a table-top magnetic sensor that operates at room temperature and can spot magnetic signals…
Richard Hammond to find a way to share Welsh mansion with bats
The bat survey commissioned ahead of the proposed building work found “bat activity levels in the immediate vicinity…
Chinese national rescued from hydropower tunnel
A Chinese national has been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, 10 days after catastrophic flooding,…
On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system
On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch…