A bizarre discovery has revealed that cold helium atoms in lab conditions on Earth abide by the same law of…
Comet 67P gives up more of its secrets: Nasa spots a landslide on Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Pictures taken by the Rosetta spacecraft have captured a comet landslide in action for the first time. The trails of…
Large Hadron Collider discovers five hidden subatomic particles
Five new particles have been discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’ at the Large Hadron Collider. The discovery comes from the…
The Moon could have its own mobile data network as soon as next year
A European group of scientists has announced plans to be the first commercial company to land on the Moon, with…
Asteroid clay is a better space radiation shield than aluminium
The huge rocks that hurtle through space may prove to be lifesavers for astronauts. Clays extracted from asteroids could be…
Digging deep into the Earth to test Einstein’s theory of relativity
A laser-based gyroscope has been buried deep in Earth’s core to measure the rotation of our planet. The ambitious experiment,…
The mystery of the first monster black holes explained
More than ten years ago, astronomers made a discovery that has puzzled them ever since – supermassive black holes appeared…
Super fast laser pulses could make computers 100,000 times faster
In a step towards quantum computing, researchers have guided electrons through semiconductors using incredibly short pulses of light. These extremely…
‘Impossible’ state of matter made of ‘time crystals’ has been created in a lab
A bizarre new state of matter, known as a time crystal, has been created in the lab for the first…
Ancient stardust sheds light on the birth and explosive deaths of the Universe’s very first stars
Astronomers have peered back more than 13 billion light years to find a huge mass of glowing stars – the…
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