Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in...
It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower.
You hear a sharp...
Neanderthals invented the world’s first ‘super glue’, shows study
Long before the invention of super glue in our modern world, Neanderthals were ahead of their time, creating an adhesive that has left scientists...
New lightweight fish pen could move farms to deeper seas
Scientists from the University of Queensland have taken a big step forward in fish farming by creating a new kind of fish pen that...
This planet-forming disk has more water than Earth’s oceans
Astronomers have detected a large amount of water vapour in the protoplanetary disk around a young star.
There’s at least three times as much water...
Where is the best place to see UFOs?
In a remarkable turn of events, the phenomenon of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), once relegated to the fringes of serious discourse, has captured the...
A glacier fracture speeds at 80 mph, unveiling ice sheet collapse physics
In a new study by the University of Washington, researchers have unveiled what might be the quickest large-scale ice shelf fracture ever observed.
This event...
Could tardigrades have colonized the Moon
Just over five years ago, on 22 February 2019, an unmanned space probe was placed in orbit around the Moon.
Named Beresheet and built by...
How February 29 reminds us of our mysterious relationship with time and space
If you find it intriguing that February 28 will be followed this week by February 29, rather than March 1 as it usually is,...
The Kuiper Belt is much bigger than we thought
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is just over 8.8 billion km away, exploring the Kuiper Belt. This icy belt surrounds the Sun but it seems...
Recent findings indicate major ice melt in West Antarctica started in the 1940s
In the remote, icy expanses of Antarctica, the Thwaites Glacier stands as a silent witness to the changes our planet is undergoing.
Spanning about 80...