Diamond melting breakthrough could deliver 3x energy gain in fusion
A new study has improved understanding of diamond melting, which might also be relevant for achieving higher energy…
Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park
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Meteorite that crashed through couple’s roof contains building blocks of life
A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home has been found to contain the…
New wildlife film follows water vole in Welsh pond
Water voles are an endangered species in the UK. Photo by Natalie Clements Abby Neve A new cinematic…
The idea that Earth is the Solar System’s ultimate water world is misleading: Europa likely holds more than twice our ocean’s volume beneath a crust of ice, while Enceladus is continuously venting material from its hidden ocean directly into space.
Earth looks like the obvious water world. Oceans cover about 71 per cent of its surface, colour the…
Abandoned Russian tanker leaking oil off Oman coast, threatening environmental disaster
A Russian tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil has run aground off the coast of Oman —…
BlackSky builds Gen-3 satellites ahead of sovereign orders, targeting one-year delivery for government intelligence customers
BlackSky Technology is producing more than 20 Gen-3 satellites, including unallocated spacecraft that could be assigned to future…
A squid pulled from a sperm whale’s stomach during an Antarctic whaling expedition in 1955–56 sat overlooked in scientific collections for nearly 70 years — until researchers realised it wasn’t just a new species, but an entirely new family of oceanic squid no one knew existed.
A preserved squid collected from a sperm whale’s stomach in 1955 or 1956 has turned out to be…
Lego’s supersized Hubble deserves a little more shine
OFFBEAT Excellent internal detail cannot entirely disguise some penny-pinching choices Lego has released its largest Hubble Space Telescope…
Alarmed by the alarm: people react to ‘severe alert’ on phones over UK wildfires | Wildfires
On Friday at 7pm, Thérèse Coffey was nine miles away from a nuclear power station when her phone…
NASA Administrator ‘extremely confident’ in Artemis 3 mission in 2027 – Spaceflight Now
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announces the Max Power event, an air and space expo that will take place…
They’re a whopping 150 million years older than dinosaurs, look like a shark, have a tail like a rat, teeth like a rabbit and sharp, venomous spines
Deep in the ocean is an ancient fish that glides along by flapping their wing-like pectoral fins instead…