Astrophysics

Astronomers puzzled by little red galaxies that seem im...

‘Little red dot’ galaxies seen by JWST appear to be much more tightly packed wit...

Ultracold quantum battery could be charged with quantum...

Atoms tunnelling through a quantum battery could charge it and also keep it from...

Falling satellite will give clues to how objects burn u...

A chance to observe the high-speed re-entry of a falling satellite will give res...

Dark matter could be hiding inside strange failed stars

Brown dwarfs could be hiding dark matter inside their cores – if they are, there...

Potato yarn may cut the fashion industry's environmenta...

Thread that contains the part of a potato plant that is normally thrown away cou...

Marmosets seem to call each other by name

Marmosets are the first non-human primates shown to use personalised signifiers ...

Plastic vaporising process could recycle bags and bottl...

A new process uses cheap catalysts to break down polyethylene and polypropylene ...

World's largest sailing cargo ship makes first transatl...

The largest sailing cargo ship in existence is on its maiden voyage across the A...

Backflipping springtails are the fastest spinners known...

High-speed camera recordings show that springtails spin at up to 368 rotations p...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest ...

The Polaris Dawn mission will include the first ever civilian spacewalk, and wit...

Fungus transforms food waste into haute cuisine

The orange mould Neurospora intermedia can grow on a wide range of waste product...

How strange ice could form in the extremely hot interio...

In an experiment simulating what happens deep in the interiors of planets, scien...

Mosquito-borne illnesses are spiking across the world

Climate change is extending mosquito season and helping to drive outbreaks of de...

Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme i...

The failure of Boeing's Starliner capsule has left two astronauts stuck in space...

Lyme disease test gives hope for a speedier diagnosis

A new test spots Lyme disease faster than the existing go-to approach and, if ap...

Is ultra cheap green hydrogen on the horizon?

Hydrogen produced by splitting water with renewable energy is too expensive to t...

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