By Dr. Russell Moul The rare astronomical event is similar to a Blue Moon but for a different phase in the lunar cycle. This…
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By DR. ALFREDO CARPINETI Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. The two potato-shaped objects have puzzled planetary scientists for a long time. What is…
By ELEANOR HIGGS Meet the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios). Despite being one of the biggest fish in the ocean, this species is famously elusive and little is…
BY DR. ALFREDO CARPINETI The VERITAS mission has been delayed and likely won’t launch until the 2030s. It was a dramatic week for Venus…
DR. ALFREDO CARPINETI These newly discovered types of ice might be the mysterious substances that cover Jupiter’s Europa. Researchers report two new types of ice made of…
By JACK DUNHILL Another patient with HIV has remarkably gone into remission after receiving stem cell transplantation 10 years ago for leukemia, making him one…
By RACHAEL FUNNELL Gazing upon the wrinkled face of a pug it can be hard to believe that all dogs are descended from wolves. We…
DR. ALFREDO CARPINETI This distant world is one of only a dozen Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone around its star. Astronomers have announced the…
By JAMES FELTON Ever wondered what Kanye West or Ellen DeGeneres tastes like? Well, there’s a lab meat company out there who is just as curious…
When scientists used AI to analyze radio telescope records previously thought to have nothing interesting in them, they found events worthy of further investigation. STEPHEN…
by Dr. Alfredo Carpineti The Aurora Borealis, also known as the northern lights, is a spectacular meteorological event produced by the charged particles from the Sun…
By MADDY CHAPMAN The Fermi Paradox has long puzzled humanity and over the years countless solutions have been proposed, some of them darker than others. Now, yet another paper…
by James Felton Elon Musk has made a lot about how he is going to rid his newly-acquired social media site Twitter of the bots.…
By DR. ALFREDO CARPINETI Weather monitoring on other planets now comes with sound. Dust devils are a common feature seen in many locations across…
“This is one of the most bizarre investigations I have encountered in my thirty-three years as a prosecutor. Just when I think I have seen…
“This is one of the most bizarre investigations I have encountered in my thirty-three years as a prosecutor. Just when I think I have seen…
By Tom Hale Bill Nelson wants to believe. The Head of NASA recently weighed in on the spate of recent high-profile UFO sightings by US…
By Stephen Luntz Cancer cells can be killed by exposing their DNA to electrons released when X-rays strike iodine-carrying nanoparticles, researchers have announced. The technique…