Astrophysics

Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift

Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a per...

SIN Sep 12, 2024 0 5

An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice the size of Texas adds to concerns th...

SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew complete 'stand-up' civilian spacewalk

SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew complete 'stand-up' civilian s...

SIN Sep 12, 2024 0 6

A groundbreaking civilian spacewalk saw two astronauts partially exit a SpaceX C...

Polaris Dawn live: Watch SpaceX attempt the first civilian spacewalk

Polaris Dawn live: Watch SpaceX attempt the first civil...

SIN Sep 12, 2024 0 3

A groundbreaking civilian spacewalk will take place shortly as two astronauts ex...

Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NASA rover

Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NA...

SIN Sep 12, 2024 0 3

If you were standing on Mars as it was hit by a solar flare, you might be able t...

One dose of a smallpox vaccine still gives good protection for mpox

One dose of a smallpox vaccine still gives good protect...

SIN Sep 12, 2024 0 6

A single dose of a smallpox vaccine seems to lower the risk of catching mpox by ...

Why everyone needs to stop joking that they're "a little bit OCD"

Why everyone needs to stop joking that they're "a littl...

SIN Sep 12, 2024 0 14

Far from being a behavioural quirk, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a debilitat...

Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off...

SIN Sep 11, 2024 0 8

Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that ...

Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star

Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on ...

SIN Sep 11, 2024 0 3

Gas bubbles on the surface of a star have been observed for the first time in de...

Ancient people of Easter Island made return trips to South America

Ancient people of Easter Island made return trips to So...

SIN Sep 11, 2024 0 5

DNA analysis shows that people from Easter Island had contact with Indigenous Am...

Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io

Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupit...

SIN Sep 11, 2024 0 2

In between two spacecraft visiting Jupiter’s moon Io, a volcano spreading materi...

Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight

Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they c...

SIN Sep 11, 2024 0 7

Cleaner wrasse use their reflection to build a mental image of their body size, ...

When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?

When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or d...

SIN Sep 11, 2024 0 9

Ancient humans are said to have evolved to leave the trees, where our primate an...

Ants change the way they build nests to stop diseases spreading

Ants change the way they build nests to stop diseases s...

SIN Sep 10, 2024 0 4

When worker ants are exposed to a pathogenic fungus, they build nests that are m...

Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites

Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright ...

SIN Sep 10, 2024 0 9

Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and a...

Cloud atlas of Mars reveals an atmosphere unlike our own

Cloud atlas of Mars reveals an atmosphere unlike our own

SIN Sep 10, 2024 0 7

Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, re...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission blasts off for first civilian spacewalk

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission blasts off for first civi...

SIN Sep 10, 2024 0 2

Four private astronauts are riding a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule further from Ear...

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