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A bright comet from the Oort cloud named C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is passing close to Earth and will be visible until late October 2024. This image,…
Boophis pikei, a new species of frog from MadagascarMiguel Vances (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Deep in the forests of Madagascar, researchers have discovered seven new species of frogs…
Have you heard of Jazz Hand? The toes of these bats glow. When ultraviolet (UV) light hits the hairy toes of the Mexican free flying fox,…
The excavation at Asum suggests that the Vikings were not necessarily warriors. Bole Lund speculates that the site could have been a “standard settlement” like an…
There is a common belief that animals can smell fear, but can humans do the same? Can you detect someone’s fear just by their scent or…
Save the Shark Ruthless predators, mindless killers, cannibals…sharks have a terrifying reputation that has little to do with reality. But without them, Earth’s oceans would be…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, where she manages the popular Q&A section. She has an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space…
Life in the deep sea is challenging. The dark, cold environment with immense water pressure makes survival tough for deep-sea creatures. Adding to their difficulties is…
There is currently much discussion about processed foods, particularly “ultra-processed” products, in the field of nutrition. It seems that most people, regardless of their background in…
Europa Clipper launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 14, 2024 at 12:06 pm EDT, beginning a six-year journey to Jupiter's icy moon…
A recent discovery by a National Geographic documentary team suggests they may have uncovered part of the footprints of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the renowned climber who…
Tibetan PlateauNicolas Marino/Mauritius Images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is causing winter temperatures to rise faster than summer temperatures, especially in high-altitude regions. This “asymmetric” warming could change…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope detected Jupiter’s most distinctive feature, the Great Red Spot, on eight dates over a single 90-day oscillation period from…
Joy (Bel Powley) and William (Nick Robinson) after “discovering” sexMichael Tybulski/San Sebastian Film Festival turn me onmichael tybulski Truant Pictures (on digital platforms from November 4th)…
There are many ways computers store numbersAndrew Ostrovsky/Panther Media GmbH/Alamy Changing the way numbers are stored on computers could improve the accuracy of calculations without increasing…
Archaeological research has helped us understand the complex story of our species’ past, from early humans to the dawn of civilization and beyond. But some are…
Saturn photographed with an amateur telescopeGray Zone / Alamy Stock Photo When I was a teenager, I joined my school's urban astronomy club. It wasn’t popular.…
Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraftNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The largest spacecraft ever developed by NASA for an interplanetary mission will launch today to determine whether…
Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the HARPS instrument on ESO’s La Silla 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers discovered the hot Saturn-sized gas giant…
Reading time: 7 minutes As space agencies around the world set their sights on deep space missions, it is becoming increasingly important for scientists to understand…
Anemone: Soft gelatinous invertebrates, known as sea anemones, have a tubular body and poisonous tentacles surrounding the mouth. These carnivores live attached to rocks on the…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a surprising new perspective of the intermediate spiral galaxy Messier 90. This Hubble image shows Messier 90,…
For decades, Jupiter’s icy moons have been considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for extraterrestrial life. Europa, thought to…
SpaceX conducted the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday, achieving a significant milestone by making the first catch of the rocket’s over 20-story-tall…
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The frozen River Thames is being hit by cold winds, the Mersey docks are blocked by ice floes, and crops are failing in the UK. Meanwhile,…
The aftermath of Hurricane Milton continues to impact the state, with top priorities being power restoration, debris clearing, and fuel distribution. Over 1.5 million people are…
Have you ever wondered why moon dust is so sticky? It’s all because of static cling, the same phenomenon that causes thin clothes to stick to…
A rip current is essentially a strong current that flows through channels between sandbars and pulls the shore apart. It can reach speeds of up to…
The brightest comet of the year, Comet A3, will be visible for the last time in a century this weekend. This weekend marks its brightest appearance,…
When a new opening credits sequence was needed for Doctor Who, NASA provided a surprising new look at Comet A3, currently flying close to Earth at…
Archaeologists excavating Tam Parin (Monkey Cave) in northeastern Laos have discovered some of the earliest fossil evidence homo sapiens Presence in mainland Southeast Asia. Excavation survey…
The newly discovered isotope plutonium-227 has a half-life of 0.78 seconds, according to a team of Chinese physicists. Areas 87≤Z≤97 and 112≤N≤136 in the nuclear map…
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital was damaged by Hurricane Milton earlier this week. Dark Shad/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Children's hospitals that lost access to water in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton are now using devices that can collect potable water directly from the air, and such atmospheric water collection systems are being used to respond
Paleontologists say they have identified a new species of marine reptile in the ophthalmosaurid family Platypterygius. It lived about 125 million years ago. a pair of…
overviewHurricane Milton’s tornado outbreak in Florida was the leading cause of death and damage from the storm. On Wednesday, South Florida experienced one of the strongest…
Andrea Vidaure, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, shared that her efforts to enhance air quality in California are deeply rooted in her own personal experience.Raised…
genus citrus refers to a group of flowering shrubs or treesLiv Frith Larsen / Alamy This is an excerpt from Our Human Story, a newsletter about…
Are you a cat person or a dog person? Lea Michelle Baines and Jessica Leigh Oliva from Australia’s James Cook University said they found that people…
