Space & Physics

How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar system

How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar s...

SIN Feb 10, 2025 0 34

There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the ...

Engineered bacteria could break down unrecyclable nylon in clothes

Engineered bacteria could break down unrecyclable nylon...

SIN Feb 10, 2025 0 30

Clothes and fishing nets that are made of nylon often end up in landfill or dump...

Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring

Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring

SIN Feb 10, 2025 0 45

Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be imposs...

Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe

Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in th...

SIN Feb 8, 2025 0 53

The Quipu superstructure is so large, it would take 1.4 billion light years to c...

February’s Night Sky Notes: How Can You Help Curb Light Pollution?

February’s Night Sky Notes: How Can You Help Curb Light...

SIN Feb 8, 2025 0 42

Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep ...

Golden Moon over the Superdome

Golden Moon over the Superdome

SIN Feb 8, 2025 0 50

The full moon rises over the Superdome and the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on...

Hubble Goes Supernova Hunting

Hubble Goes Supernova Hunting

SIN Feb 8, 2025 0 50

A supernova and its host galaxy are the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Te...

Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no longer needed

Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no longer ...

SIN Feb 8, 2025 0 25

Pig gelatin can be used to make a robotic arm that safely biodegrades, rather th...

NASA Explores Earth Science with New Navigational System

NASA Explores Earth Science with New Navigational System

SIN Feb 8, 2025 0 26

NASA and its partners recently tested an aircraft guidance system that could hel...

Is the UK about to force Apple to reveal all of your encrypted data?

Is the UK about to force Apple to reveal all of your en...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 30

A report in The Washington Post says that the UK government has ordered Apple to...

Is Elon Musk's DOGE going to break decades-old US government software?

Is Elon Musk's DOGE going to break decades-old US gover...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 31

Elon Musk's DOGE task force is reportedly being given unchecked access to the co...

Old fighter jets can be melted down and 3D printed into new ones

Old fighter jets can be melted down and 3D printed into...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 22

Turning old fighter jets into a fine powder and using that to 3D print new compo...

We are all bad at choosing random numbers in our own unique way

We are all bad at choosing random numbers in our own un...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 51

An experiment in which people were asked to choose random numbers or boxes on a ...

Dexterous and light prosthetic hand can tie knots and comb hair

Dexterous and light prosthetic hand can tie knots and c...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 27

A prosthetic hand that weighs about half that of a human hand also enables weare...

The ocean is losing its ability to store heat as the planet warms up

The ocean is losing its ability to store heat as the pl...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 37

Until now, 90 per cent of the excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions ha...

AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to decode data

AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to deco...

SIN Feb 7, 2025 0 53

A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can passively harness light to per...

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