Astronomers have spotted the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen
The most powerful explosion ever seen seems to come from a supermassive black hole devouring a colossal cloud of gas,…
Chemists have solved a decades-long problem of bonding beryllium
Atoms of a metal don't like to bond with one another, but chemists have succeeded in forging a metallic bond…
Chandrayaan-3 livestream: Watch India’s attempted moon landing
ISRO, India’s national space agency, is attempting a historic soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission near the moon's water-rich south…
Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft
NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Io on 30 December and took one of our best pictures yet of this moon…
Unexploded bombs from the second world war are getting more dangerous
An explosive found inside many bombs and shells used during the first and second world wars is becoming more likely…
‘Bridge editing’ could be even better at altering DNA than CRISPR
The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful system called bridge editing could let us…
How polar bears stop ice from freezing on their fur
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind the bears’…
Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement?
Particles of light travelling through a maze of devices seem to have passed a famous test for entanglement – without…
Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain
Scientists have found a way to boost the brain's system to clear waste from the organ in mice, which could…