A star winked out of his eyes. Could it be a ‘failed supernova’?
Some massive stars can go out with a bang, not a bang. A star that blinked out of view may […]
Climate stress can impair the romantic gift of male spiders
The blinding of friendship in spiders can lose some of the fun in uncertain climates. Men in places with rain
These are the viruses that defined the year 2024
From mpox to bird flu and beyond, multiple outbreaks of infectious diseases flared up around the world this year. Dengue
Astronomers see the astrosphere of a sun-like star for the first time
BOSTON – For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of an astrosphere around a sun-like star. This bubble
Antimatter can travel by truck, proton test shows
A truck full of antimatter would make for a seriously epic road trip. And scientists are now one step closer
Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert
Pablo Guerrero has been visiting cacti in the Atacama Desert all his life, first on family trips to the coast
Humans have associated emotions with the same body parts for 3,000 years
Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a heartbeat? It turns out that
Space missions covered the solar system in 2024
From monitoring Mercury to embarking on a new adventure on an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts made great
Einstein’s gravity persists despite a dark energy puzzle
Scientists may be wrong about dark energy. But they’re right about gravity, a new study suggests. Dark energy, the mysterious
Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly
Again and again, the numbers tell the same story: 2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, knocking the previous record