Space & Physics

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when st...

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 21

Fire ants link together to form rafts when their nests are flooded, and unlike m...

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent l...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 36

Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working b...

6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year

6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 27

A moray eel, a robber fly and an ice-topped slime mould appear in winning images...

NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf

NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 25

Infrared emission from methane suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes...

Be a Burst Chaser and Witness the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe!

Be a Burst Chaser and Witness the Most Powerful Explosi...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 22

Yes, the universe IS talking to you! Gamma-ray bursts, massive explosions visibl...

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the infor...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 24

Measuring “entanglement islands” that contain copies of information that black h...

Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future

Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 61

Several moon missions are planned for 2024, including some that will attempt to ...

Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of the Milky Way

Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 35

The closest star cluster to the centre of the Milky Way we have seen seems to be...

2023 was officially the hottest year on record

2023 was officially the hottest year on record

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 46

The global average temperature for 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than the 1850-1900 pre...

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets acr...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 27

It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets,...

The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon

The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 53

After its 8 January launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander...

NASA, NOAA to Announce 2023 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions

NASA, NOAA to Announce 2023 Global Temperatures, Climat...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 19

Climate researchers from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis...

There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottle of water

There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottl...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 29

Own brand one-litre water bottles from three unnamed US supermarkets each contai...

Extreme droughts are worse for plants than we thought

Extreme droughts are worse for plants than we thought

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 26

Grasslands are almost 40 per cent less productive after a year of extreme drough...

NASA Armstrong Builds Model Wing to Help Advance Unique Design

NASA Armstrong Builds Model Wing to Help Advance Unique...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 44

German Escobar works on a model aircraft wing structure that has two long sides ...

Diamond rain may be more common across the universe than we thought

Diamond rain may be more common across the universe tha...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 20

It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets,...

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