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If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in knowing that plantkind as a whole will probably survive for a very long time. In fact, they might still be around when the Sun boils the oceans off the surface of Earth. That’s according to a new paper from two…
A simple method to thicken Arctic sea ice has shown promising results in its very first field experiment, performed in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Researchers are considering several controversial geoengineering techniques to slow the catastrophic melt of Arctic sea ice, including stratospheric aerosol injection, which involves shooting tiny sulfur particles into the sky to blot…
Back to Article List Spread across a large swath of sky, the Coma Star Cluster is visible this evening for several hours after sunset, gorgeous in any optics The Coma Star Cluster is a lovely grouping of bright stars near to (but not containing) the yellowish Gamma Comae Berenices. Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello (Flickr, CC0) Looking…
In an interview with BBC Jersey, external, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham was asked whether his government would consider buying the site. “I fancy that coming into public ownership somehow,” he said. Farnham said he was keen to speak to the National Trust about it. “There’s a great opportunity, if you look at the Simon Sand…
Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the birth of a magnetar, an extremely magnetic, rapidly spinning type of neutron star. The breakthrough confirms that these exotic objects can power some of the brightest stellar explosions ever seen. The discovery also validates a theory first proposed 16 years ago by a UC Berkeley physicist and…
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, on Sunday, termed the Moon the ideal site for testing humanity’s deep space goals as the agency gears itself up for the next phase of the Artemis program to the Moon. A Proving Ground In an interview with Face the Nation, Isaacman said that humanity was “lucky” to be “gifted a…
Scientists may have found a way to destroy cancer cells without initially relying on chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation. The approach is called ‘molecular jackhammer’, and it relies on little more than light and a well-established medical molecule. The technique involves using aminocyanine molecules – synthetic dyes already widely used in medical imaging – and stimulating…
Titan in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths, as captured by the Cassini probe in 2004 NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A strange substance is hiding on the surfaces of both Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and researchers aren’t sure what it is. Titan’s thick atmosphere means it is extremely difficult to study its surface, so identifying this compound…
One of the fundamental pillars of modern cosmology may be beginning to wobble. A study published in Nature has found evidence that the universe may not behave the same way in every direction on the largest observable scales. “What we found is a network of enormous filaments and walls of galaxies that remain aligned and…