Absolutely enormous asteroid belt discovered around a nearby star
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to spot strange asteroid belts around the nearby star Fomalhaut, along with evidence…
The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and wildlife
The National Nature Assessment, slated to be completed in 2026, will be the largest assessment of water, land and wildlife…
Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome
A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old,…
H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought
The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and…
Dark energy isn’t what we thought – and that may transform the cosmos
Our current best theories of the universe suggest that dark energy is making it expand faster and faster, but new…
Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?
There may be enough space on former open-pit mines to build all the solar facilities we need, but building there…
JWST gets a closer look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal unexpectedly high levels of carbon dioxide coming off 3I/ATLAS, giving another clue…
Superconducting qubits have passed a key quantum test
A Bell test can confirm whether two systems are truly entangled – it has now been used to confirm entanglement…
Targeted mRNA delivery will lead to cheaper cures for many diseases
A technique for delivering mRNAs to blood stem cells should enable better and cheaper treatments for conditions from sickle cell…
Tiniest particle accelerator is so small it could fit into a pen tip
A particle accelerator that measures just 0.2 mm in length uses laser light to accelerate electrons to speeds of a…