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'Lonely' Rogue Planet Discovered Wandering the Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered a free-floating planet, not associated with any parent star wandering our galaxy.

Giving up the Ghost: Science Takes on the Supernatural

This Halloween, you are invited to spend the evening in a haunted house with a difference. At ZME Manor the supernatural meets the scientific. Which will survive? And what will be left of it?

Aerosol microdroplets aren't very good at carrying COVID-19, new laser study shows

The risk is real, but not very large, researchers say.

Water Found on the Moon's Sunlit Surface

NASA has announced that water is more common on the Moon than previously believed, with traces now discovered at its sunlit Lunar South Pole. This is an area that has been traditionally considered free of water.

Scientists unravel mysteries of unique Aussie spider silk

The silk of this spider is unique. Its properties have now been analyzed in a new study.

Scientists finally make a room-temperature superconductor. But there's a catch

The price that had to be paid was a pressure thousands of times higher than at the bottom of the Marianas trench.

How crystals form on surfaces -- and why this is big news for nanotech

A DNA-based self-assembling technique sheds light on processes essential for semiconductors and nanotech.

Death By Spaghettification! Astronomers Spot a Star Being Consumed by a Black Hole

This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’

Scientist accidentally invents a rechargeable battery that could virtually last forever

Could this be an everlasting battery?

Black hole researchers honored with Nobel Prize for Physics

It's celebration time in the world of physics -- and astrophysics takes the laurels again.

'Cosmic Web' of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies

Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to a central supermassive black hole.

Science confirms ancient alcohol-measuring technique

It's all in the bubbles, as artizanal mezcal producers have known for centuries.

MIT researchers confident their fusion reactor is "very likely to work"

It's one of the holy grails of energy production, and these researchers believe it's perfectly feasible.

Face shields aren't good at trapping aerosols, Japanese supercomputer study shows

They may offer some protection to the wearer, but not to those around.

Surprisingly enough, comets can generate auroras too -- in ultraviolet light

Does this mean we can get a tan on a comet?

Astronomers Investigate Dark Matter's Missing Ingredient

Small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected, a new study found.

Want to make better sensors? Just add more noise

A counterintuitive solution could make for better sensors.

LHC physicists make matter out of light

Energy from matter was always easy, but the reverse has been difficult to achieve -- until now.

Drone thermal camera reveals ancestral Wichita site in Kansas

Researchers believe a controversial conquistador visited the Wichita site.

Scientists float boat upside down on a levitating fluid

Vibrating liquids at certain frequencies can cause objects to exhibit anti-gravity effects.

AI uses Einstein's special relativity to predict future events

Researchers used 'light cones' to draw boundaries and make AIs more human-like in predicting events in the future.

Recycled wool turned into memory textile that always remembers its shape

Researchers have programmed keratin sheets to always fold back to their designed shape -- not matter how complex.

Gravitational waves reveal largest black hole merger and the first intermediate-mass black hole

The black hole is the first object of its kind with a mass above 100 solar masses but below a million solar masses to be discovered.

Scientists spot space debris in daylight, helping satellites 'social distance'

Spotting space debris during the day could help save satellites from costly collisions.

Physicists may have found a way to create traversable wormholes

But they would be impossible to create with today's technology.

New class of actuators gives nanobots legs (that work)

Now we're going places!

Researchers use Raspberry to track elephant vibrations

Researchers have found a creative way to monitor elephants, by using miniature computers to capture the steps of elephants through vibrations.

The mystery of the blue whirl that consumes all the fuel in its path -- finally solved

It's actually three flames in one, meeting in a fourth, unique structure.

Distant 'Milky Way Look-Alike' Challenges Theories of Galaxy Formation

The discovery of a calm galaxy so early in the Universe’s history calls into question our theories of how galaxies form.

Physicists claim information is the fifth state of matter. By 2245, half of Earth's mass could be converted to digital bits

If confirmed, this theory suggests that information is a physical state of matter.

Polymer-coated red bricks could turn your entire home into a battery

A novel polymer coating turns the familiar red bricks into blue semiconductors.

Our Sun's magnetic field might form a 'deflated croissant', says NASA

Science -- because you can't prove there's magnetic pastry in space any other way.

Microwaving water really isn't the same as heating it

Tea drinkers, you were right: it's not the same if you microwave it.

Double Trouble! Hunting for Supermassive Black Hole Mergers

Supermassive black holes sat at the centre of active galaxies could have company. Binary pairs of these titanic cosmic objects could merge to form a more monstrous black hole. Observational methods are finally becoming sensitive enough to spot such an event.

Magnetic anomaly from 11 million years ago could help us understand how poles flip

If you could go back in time and look at a compass, it would show something very different.

CERN found a new particle -- a tetraquark

This could help us better understand the fundamental forces in physics.

Scientists design world's smallest motor from only 16 atoms

It could be useful for generating energy at the atomic scale or studying quantum effects.

Soap bubbles are quite good pollinators, a new paper shows

They look pretty, too.

Toilet flushing could create coronavirus cloud

Coronavirus or not, you should close the lid before flushing.

Seismic waves reveal surprisingly widespread blobs near the Earth's core

Our planet’s core might be pockmarked with hot blobs. We don’t know what they are, we don’t know where they’re from, but according to a new study, they’re there. Ever stopped and wondered just how we know so much about the Earth’s interior? Since we’re kids, we’re told that the Earth has a crust, a […]

What's My Age Again? New Discoveries May Spark a Rethink of Galaxy Formation

A trifecta of recent discoveries has challenged models of galactic evolution, suggesting that galaxies could have formed much sooner in the Universe’s 13.7 billion year history than previously believed.

The Milky Way's halo might be thousands of times hotter than the sun's surface

The halo surrounding the Milky Way may be much hotter than originally thought.

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit at "deadliest possible" angle

During an asteroid impact, angles matter.

The Universe's Missing Matter Problem is Solved

Astronomers have used mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from distant galaxies to solve a lingering cosmological problem-- locating the Universe’s missing baryonic matter , long predicted to exist, but never before detected.

Supercomputer simulation shows how COVID-19 could spread in supermarket stores

It's still early days and there are many uncertainties, but it could help us learn how COVID-19 could spread in shops.

Fossil friday: ancient feathers help explain how cassowaries got shiny

Not all birds are of a feather, it turns out.

New curing method paves the way to cheap, non-toxic, plastic radiation shielding

This could be used in fields ranging from medicine to space exploration.

Chaos theory might show the best strategies for slowing coronavirus spread

In addition to social distancing and testing, identifying and isolating infected individuals seems to pay dividends.

Uranus is leaking gas -- according to NASA

This process has been noted on other planets, but not Neptune until now.

Whiskey 'webs' can tell you if your bourbon is genuine

Inspired by coffee rings, scientists have investigated the chemical properties of microscopic webs of American whiskey.

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