Astrophysics

Japan’s SLIM lander is about to touch down on the surface of the moon

Japan’s SLIM lander is about to touch down on the surfa...

SIN Jan 19, 2024 0 85

The Japanese Smart Lander for Investigating Moon is scheduled to land on the lun...

Mysterious object may be the heaviest neutron star ever seen

Mysterious object may be the heaviest neutron star ever...

SIN Jan 19, 2024 0 90

A dense object about 40,000 light years away is heavier than any neutron star se...

Watch a plant-inspired robot grow towards light like a vine

Watch a plant-inspired robot grow towards light like a ...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 89

FiloBot has a cylindrical body made of coiled plastic filament and can grow guid...

Mounting evidence shows daily multivitamins keep you sharp as you age

Mounting evidence shows daily multivitamins keep you sh...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 53

Taking a standard multivitamin supplement appears to reduce cognitive decline th...

Mysterious patch on Mars appears to be enormous lump of ice

Mysterious patch on Mars appears to be enormous lump of...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 58

A large formation near the equator of Mars is now thought to be made of water ic...

Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier than we thought

Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier t...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 76

A fresh look at an archaeological site in northern China that was excavated in t...

Could DARPA's enigmatic X-65 plane revolutionise aircraft design?

Could DARPA's enigmatic X-65 plane revolutionise aircra...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 67

The US military will test an aircraft that flies without mechanical control surf...

New fiery doughnut image is our most detailed glimpse of a black hole

New fiery doughnut image is our most detailed glimpse o...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 75

The black hole at the centre of galaxy M87 has been imaged at higher resolution ...

Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global CO2 emissions

Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global CO...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 48

Bottom trawling, a controversial and destructive fishing technique, releases lar...

What is Disease X and why is it in the news?

What is Disease X and why is it in the news?

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 67

The World Health Organization uses the term "Disease X" to refer to an infection...

Robotic dodecahedron searches the deep sea for new species

Robotic dodecahedron searches the deep sea for new species

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 49

A robotic dodecahedron that can collect tissue samples from deep-sea animals for...

Life expectancy gap between men and women is closing worldwide

Life expectancy gap between men and women is closing wo...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 87

The life expectancies of men around the world are catching up with women's longe...

We finally know how tardigrades can survive extreme conditions

We finally know how tardigrades can survive extreme con...

SIN Jan 18, 2024 0 104

When tardigrades encounter harsh environments, high levels of free radicals in t...

Self-assembling DNA computer can sort simple images into categories

Self-assembling DNA computer can sort simple images int...

SIN Jan 17, 2024 0 55

A conventional computer must be fully assembled before it can run, but an experi...

DeepMind AI solves hard geometry problems from mathematics olympiad

DeepMind AI solves hard geometry problems from mathemat...

SIN Jan 17, 2024 0 87

AlphaGeometry scores almost as well as the best students on geometry questions f...

Scientists created a ‘giant quantum vortex’ that mimics a black hole

Scientists created a ‘giant quantum vortex’ that mimics...

SIN Jan 17, 2024 0 60

Black holes can be difficult to study, so researchers have made a powerful quant...

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