Category: General

A fault line on the Canadian border,…

Astronomers have detected precursors to the building blocks of life on the discs of V883 Orionis, a young star located 1,305 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion.

Scientists writing in The Astrophysical Journal Letters warn that the…

In a discovery that sounds like science fiction, researchers have shown that human brains emit flashes of light that can pass through the skull. These signals are so tiny and faint that they’re a million times dimmer than what we can see, but…

Llamas – likely without red pajamas – may hold the key to treating schizophrenia.

The…

As July 2025 comes to a close, night sky observers can be treated to not one, but two meteor showers peaking at the same time. 

From the evening of July 29, 2025 into the early hours of July 30, 2025 the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha…

Bathylepeta wadatsumi is a record-breaking limpet occupying volcanic rock deep below the surface of the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

If the moniker sounds familiar, it may be because the species was named after “Large Monk” Wadatsumi, a…

Astronomers have captured images of what is thought to be Betelgeuse’s stellar companion – not only detecting a star orbiting a supergiant in a world-first, but solving a mystery that has puzzled astrophysicists for centuries. The research…

Dinosaurs might not have dental records, but their fossilized teeth offer fascinating clues into their dietary habits. Inspecting chemical signatures stored in the enamel, scientists writing in Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology found…

Emerging from the darkness, a slimy claw punches through a gooey membrane and stretches towards the light. Thunder rumbles and crackles above the ground.

This isn’t the undead waking from their graves in a horror film’s opening scenes….