The aviation industry is necessary for the world we live in today, but it places a strain on the environment,...
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A source of powerful radio signals from distant space has deepened the mystery of fast radio bursts. An analysis of...
We now know, to within a tenth of a percent, how long a neutron can survive outside the atomic nucleus...
If there’s one thing our Solar System doesn’t have in short supply, it’s rocks. Small rocks, chunky rocks, dry rocks,...
Around 100 million light-years away, two galaxies are giving astronomers a sneak preview of the fate of the Milky Way....
The tenebrous oceanic depths are not exactly welcoming to land-dwelling creatures. In addition to the lack of light to see...
Mysterious structures in the sky that have puzzled astronomers for decades might finally have an explanation – and it’s quite...
Let’s be honest: in the Solar System, there really is no good place for humans that isn’t Earth. But that...
Galaxies are a bit like fingerprints, or snowflakes. There are many of them out there, and they can have a...
Astronomers have found a collection of stars doing something unexpected. Within 160 light-years of the Solar System, four red dwarf...
Buffeted by a constant stream of charged particles from the solar wind, Earth is not without its protection. Our planet...
A fossilized tardigrade found in Dominican amber constitutes a rare branch of the family tree for these weirdly indestructible beasties....