From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and what they told us about our beautiful cosmos.

Live Science (www.livescience.com) • Published 20 days ago

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research...

Space.com (www.space.com) • Published 20 days ago

In the search for new materials that can enable more efficient electronics, scientists are exploring so-called 2D materials. These are sheets of just one atom thick, that may have all kinds of interesting electronic properties. If two sheets are placed on top…

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 20 days ago

A research team has experimentally calculated the Jones polynomial based on the quantum simulation of braided Majorana zero modes. The research team determined the Jones polynomials of different links through simulating the braiding operations of Majorana fer…

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 20 days ago

Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost

BBC News (www.bbc.com) • Published 20 days ago

The processes that haul gold up to the surface from deep within Earth's mantle rely on the sulfur that bubbles beneath active volcanoes.

ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com) • Published 21 days ago

SALINA—All dogs at the animal shelter in Salina are currently under q

Salina Post (salinapost.com) • Published 20 days ago

Lab-grown minibrains, remarkable brain scans and psychedelic trips — take a look back at some of Live Science's most interesting neuroscience stories from 2024.

Live Science (www.livescience.com) • Published 20 days ago

Using the Very Large Array (VLA), an international team of astronomers have observed a nearby galaxy merger known as CIZA J0107.7+5408. Results of the observational campaign, presented December 20 on the preprint server arXiv, could help us better understand …

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 20 days ago

People with brain injuries differ in their ability to figure out when waiting pays.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com) • Published 20 days ago

You know what was missing from the Apollo Moon landings? Buzz Aldrin leaping out of the water like a dolphin.

IFLScience (www.iflscience.com) • Published 20 days ago

A recent study of gelatinous marine creatures revealed a curious ability in which two animals fuse and function as a single organism.

CNN (www.cnn.com) • Published 20 days ago

Possibly the most important act of Jimmy Carter’s presidency has been almost entirely forgotten, even by his supporters.

IFLScience (www.iflscience.com) • Published 19 days ago

Bronze Age combat, moral philosophy and Reddit’s AITA, Mondrian’s fractal tree, and seven other fascinating papers.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com) • Published 20 days ago

A new study by Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals groundbreaking findings about the famous Rujm el-Hiri site (known as the "Wheel of Ghosts") in the Golan Heights. Based on geomagnetic analysis and tectonic reconstruction, the …

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 19 days ago

Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 could be set to wow sky-watchers at the beginning of 2025.

Space.com (www.space.com) • Published 19 days ago

T Corona Borealis is going to flare up, we just don’t know if it’s tomorrow or in a few months.

IFLScience (www.iflscience.com) • Published 19 days ago

From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025.

Live Science (www.livescience.com) • Published 19 days ago

And it has an epic name.

IFLScience (www.iflscience.com) • Published 20 days ago

A new study reveals that humans think at a rate of 10 bits per second, while sensory systems process a billion bits per second—100 million times faster.

Neurosciencenews.com (neurosciencenews.com) • Published 19 days ago