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The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold

Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge potential to scientists – but they're usually also...

Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed...

Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid...

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed...

The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward

Astronomers have confirmed for the first time the existence of a rocky planet with an atmosphere that also happens to be in what's known as the habitable...

Image: The growing crescent of Mars as NASA's psyche mission approaches

This composite of images taken by NASA's Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from...

Astronomers just spotted erythrulose, the tastiest sugar found in some berries here on Earth, and why this discovery could change how we search for life in space

Science News: Whenever the idea of searching for life beyond Earth comes into picture, two key elements that are always a priority are water and oxygen.

What's the oldest weapon in the world?

There are a few contenders for the world's oldest weapon, and one is over 400000 years old.

Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15th, 2026, during the spacecraft’s flyby of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)

Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA's Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on...

We've just realised our understanding of the universe might be wrong

A new study has suggested that the universe isn't as uniform as we've thought for the better part of a century.

When elephants play, they rapidly copy one another’s trunk and head movements — a form of bodily mimicry resembling the contagious smiles and laughter seen in humans

Elephants at play do more than chase, spar and wrestle with their trunks. In a study of African savannah elephants, a player that saw a companion perform a.

Scientists identify the rare meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was likely an exceptionally rare CO chondrite from a distant region of the solar system.

Shocking Revelations Out of West Antarctica

It's mid-winter but a large area of West Antarctica that should be frozen solid is not frozen. What's up? Antarctica is the coldest spot on the planet where...

NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will be a "Dress Rehearsal" for Returning to the Moon!

Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon's surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and...

Enceladus, a Saturn moon just 500 kilometres wide, fires geysers of water thousands of kilometres into space through cracks at its south pole — and that water carries the building blocks of life

Enceladus is only about 500 kilometres across, yet it continuously ejects water vapour and ice from fractures near its south pole. The James Webb Space.

A Major Ocean Current Is On The Verge of Collapse. Scientists Say The Effects May Reach California

Earth's climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected. Dust from North Africa's Sahara Desert drifts thousands of miles to fuel food...

Stanford Scientists Solve a 252-Million-Year-Old Mass Extinction Mystery

Clams and snails rule today's shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life.

Mercury is shrinking — as its iron core slowly cools, the whole planet has contracted by up to seven kilometres, wrinkling its surface into cliffs hundreds of miles long

Mercury carries the record of planetary cooling across its surface. Long, curving cliffs cut through craters and plains because the small planet lost...

A 2024 meteorite contains building blocks of life, hinting at how life began in our solar system.

1.7K-Pound Great White Cruises by Outer Banks

Vacationers on North Carolina's Outer Banks were present for a record-breaking visit, though they didn't know it at the time. A 14-foot, nearly 1700-pound...

In 2004 a NASA probe caught a comet's tail on a sheet of aerogel, flew the grains 4.6 billion kilometres home, and dropped them into the Utah desert — the first solid pieces of a comet ever returned to Earth

On 2 January 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew through the cloud surrounding comet 81P/Wild 2 at 6.1 kilometres per second. A collector filled with...