Astrophysics

Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hom...

SIN Jan 15, 2025 0 20

Volcanoes have been proposed as the reason for the extinction of the Neanderthal...

Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam

Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in V...

SIN Jan 14, 2025 0 23

A marine crustacean that looks like Darth Vader’s helmet has been recognised as ...

SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon

SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers t...

SIN Jan 14, 2025 0 19

Two companies, Firefly Aerospace and ispace, are aiming to make the second and t...

Intricate ancient tattoos revealed by shining lasers on mummies

Intricate ancient tattoos revealed by shining lasers on...

SIN Jan 14, 2025 0 63

The tattoos of 1200-year-old mummies from Peru can now be seen in exquisite deta...

Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content moderation rules

Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content mo...

SIN Jan 14, 2025 0 24

Last year, Meta allowed thousands of paid ads containing sexually explicit image...

Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

SIN Jan 14, 2025 0 20

A new analysis of marsquakes measured by NASA’s InSight lander indicates Mars ha...

A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious pulsing beat

A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious p...

SIN Jan 13, 2025 0 24

Regular pulses of X-ray radiation emanating from a supermassive black hole could...

Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the Rocky mountains

Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the ...

SIN Jan 13, 2025 0 24

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ic...

Melting ice reveals millennia old forest buried in the Rocky Mountains

Melting ice reveals millennia old forest buried in the ...

SIN Jan 13, 2025 0 21

Trees dating back almost 6000 years ago have come to scientists' attention due t...

Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre precision

Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre ...

SIN Jan 13, 2025 0 26

A new technique involving lasers can measure long distances more precisely than ...

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be vis...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 50

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and poss...

Ultracold indium atoms could make unexpected new types of matter

Ultracold indium atoms could make unexpected new types ...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 42

For the first time, atoms of the metal indium have been chilled to temperatures ...

Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for the first time

Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for t...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 19

The herbicide glyphosate is helping farmers adopt more environmentally friendly ...

Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in type 1 diabetes

Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in ...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 35

Insulin-producing cells injected into a man with type 1 diabetes have survived f...

Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps

Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 16

A more detailed understanding of the natural anti-insect protections of tomato p...

World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours

World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 28

The microscope cost less than £50 to build using an open-source design and a com...

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