For once, we’re going to break with the usual advice and tell you that you very much should stare into
Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad luck.
When you picture the Solar System in your head, most people would think of the Sun, stolid and stationary in
Massive stars aren’t like your car keys. They’re not going to disappear under a pile of mail on your kitchen
For over 1,000 years, the ancient Maya city of Tikal stood tall, embodying one of the largest and most important
The Ik people of Uganda are a small mountain community with a big reputation. Except there are researchers who now
Deep within the hearts of Neptune and Uranus, it could be raining diamonds. Now, scientists have produced new experimental evidence
Deep in the cold, dark water, on the seafloor west of Greenland, a quiet ecosystem thrives. For the first time,
A mysterious increase in radiation levels over northern Europe was detected this month by authorities from several countries, although no
In the strange field of quantum physics, quantum entanglement – what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance” – stands
On 2 July 2019, the Moon cast its shadow on the surface of the Earth. This time, the shadow’s path
How would the Sun look as it dipped below the horizon on a long (17 hour) day on Uranus? Or
It was said that all he touched turned to gold. But destiny eventually caught up with the legendary King Midas,
While artificial intelligence systems continue to make huge strides forward, they’re still not particularly good at dealing with chaos or
Not everyone can see pictures in their minds when they close their eyes and summon thoughts – an ability many
On 15 September 2017, NASA’s Cassini Orbiter concluded its mission by diving into Saturn’s atmosphere. Over the course of the 13 years it
By making use of the ‘spooky’ laws behind quantum entanglement, physicists think have found a way to make information leap
A hot desert wind is carrying a massive cloud of Saharan dust into the southern United States this week. Dust
As our planet’s permafrosts continue to melt in record-breaking heat, we can expect to find astonishing things from the ancient
In a giant cloud of gas and dust 1,400 light-years away, twin shadows stretch across space from a star, like
Every second, trillions upon trillions of incredibly low-mass subatomic particles called neutrinos shoot out from the Sun and slide undetected
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins of Shark Bay in Western Australia have an unusual way of obtaining food. They chivvy fish
Wombats are among the most peculiar of animals. They look like a massively overgrown guinea pig with a boofy head,
For the first time, astronomers have seen a flash of light from the collision of two black holes. The objects
When Mary Jackson began her career as the first Black female engineer at NASA, she was relegated to a computer
A 50-year-old theoretical process for extracting energy from a rotating black hole finally has experimental verification. Using an analogue of
A new photo showing a mystery creature swimming in Loch Ness has sparked new interest in Nessie, the long-necked plesiosaur-like
Scientists confirmed that the submerged land mass, named Zealandia, was its own continent in 2017. But they hadn’t been able to
The United Nations said Tuesday it was working to verify reports of a new Arctic record temperature of 38 degrees
Measures to contain the global pandemic have caused our global carbon emissions to plummet, and some think this unprecedented event
The search for extraterrestrial life is increasingly homing in on the Solar System’s ocean worlds, and there’s new evidence that
In a time of ancient gods, warriors and kings, the tale of a tribe of warrior women was established in
In August of last year, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations made a first-of-its-kind gravitational wave detection – what seemed to
The current pandemic isn’t just affecting humans, it’s also impacting wildlife. As the world locks down to avoid further spread
The list of the fastest 500 supercomputers in the world just got updated again, and there’s a new number one:
Picture a spiral galaxy. You’re probably imagining something like Messier 34 – long, spiralling arms sweeping away from a brightly
The Moon may be Earth’s closest cosmic neighbour – and the only extraterrestrial body humans have ever set foot on
Lockdowns have been a controversial aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, they undoubtedly save lives, but they also cause major
The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE triggered a nearly two-decade power struggle that led to the fall of
Archaeologists working near Stonehenge in the UK have discovered part of a giant ring of deep shafts in the ground,
It’s only been in recent years – since the historic flyby of the New Horizons probe in 2015 – that
Throughout the Universe, there are numerous examples of galaxies coming together in colossal mergers, a billion-year process that smears stars
What comes first – the squiggle or the inability to see numbers? That’s what scientists have had to investigate in
With the help of 3D modelling and machine learning, scientists think they’ve solved the mystery of the tiny earthquakes that
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed a dramatic
New research shows that feelings of loneliness are linked to fundamental differences in the ways our brains are wired – affecting
Even after more than 20 years in the ocean, everyday plastics can show very few signs of breaking up or
It was time to move. Humans were heading out of Africa and journeying into Arabia, the first leg of a
