Ancient ‘Wet Lava Ball’ Exoplanet Defies Expectations : ScienceAlert
A molten lava world cloaked in a thick envelope of vaporized rock could be the strongest evidence we…
Mouse Study Suggests Nose-Picking Has a Surprising Link With Alzheimer’s : ScienceAlert
A study published in 2022 found a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and an increased…
Fusion Reactors Might Create Dark Matter Particles, Physicists Show : ScienceAlert
Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit. An…
Supercomputers Just Revealed What Really Happens Near a Black Hole : ScienceAlert
The borderlands of black holes ought to be chaotic spaces where the rate at which matter is drawn…
Scientists Released Caged Mice Into The Wild, And an Incredible Thing Happened : ScienceAlert
Dozens of laboratory mice allowed to roam a large outdoor enclosure returned to a typical level of mouse…
Tiny Molecule Made by Gut Bacteria Could Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk : ScienceAlert
A compound produced by gut bacteria could play a vital role in managing and preventing type 2 diabetes,…
First-Ever Superkilonova May Have Been Spotted in Bizarre Star Explosion : ScienceAlert
A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a cosmic phenomenon in which…
New Drug Stalls Alzheimer’s Development in Breakthrough Trial : ScienceAlert
Growing evidence suggests that the key to treating Alzheimer’s is catching it in its earliest stages. Now scientists…
A Common Vitamin Could Help Protect Your Lungs From Air Pollution : ScienceAlert
Large doses of vitamin C may provide our lungs with a degree of protection from the harmful effects…
Star’s Death Plunge Reveals Spacetime Twisting Around a Black Hole : ScienceAlert
A violent stellar disruption recorded in 2024 has given astronomers their most comprehensive evidence yet of a black…
Great White Sharks Were Scared Out of Their Habitat by Just 2 Predators : ScienceAlert
No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does. With…
Asteroids Caught Colliding in a Nearby Star System : ScienceAlert
For only the second time ever, a collision between two asteroids has been observed around an alien star…