Black hole flare unprecedented; the strength of memories; bugs on the menu
This artist’s concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30…
Rare meteoroid impact triggers dust avalanches and new streaks on slopes on Mars
The image covers an area of approximately six square kilometers and was captured on 24 December 2023. Mars…
Icarus returns to space aboard SpaceX for wildlife tracking
Icarus will be carried on the GENA-OT satellite, shown here with all solar panels delpoyed. Credit: OroraTech After a…
Arizona’s Willcox basin is sinking fast due to groundwater extraction
Credit: Brian Conway. In Arizona’s Willcox Basin, just over an hour east of Tucson, fissures are tearing through…
Fossil of a baby sea snail inside a mother’s shell discovered
Credit: Geodiversitas (2025). https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/47/20 Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first…
Cracks in Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’ ice shelf trigger accelerated destabilization
An image showing ice flow speed at the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Credit: University of Manitoba Thwaites…
Saturn’s icy moon may host a stable ocean fit for life
A new study has constrained the Enceladus’s global conductive heat flow by studying its seasonal temperature variations at…
Three nonlinear optical materials achieve sub-200-nm cutoff edges for advanced photonics
a) The central symmetry produced by the [GdO3F4] polyhedra; b) the [B3O6] groups connected by the same O…
Ultrafast VUV pulses fully characterized for probing valence electron dynamics
Electron FROG apparatus. a. measured spectra of pulses tuned across the VUV, b. and c. electron FROG traces…
Mathematician calculates physical limits to how tall we can grow
We can confirm that a large watermelon as a head is a poor fashion choice. Credit: Morgan Knoxlee…
Charge carrier pairs in cuprate compounds shed light on high-temperature superconductivity
A short pulse excites a pair of charge carriers in oxygen atoms (red). Its energy could be measured.…
Bees and fish exposed to crop chemicals show significant behavioral changes
The honeybee (Apis mellifera) served as the model organism for pollinating insects. Credit: André Künzelmann / UFZ Plant…