Category: Science

The recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry will be announced Wednesday, Oct. 9. The winner will be announced no earlier than 5:30 a.m. EDT. Watch the event live … Read More

Starwatch graphic What on earth is T Coronae Borealis playing at? We’ve been on alert for it to explode since April, when we confidently expected it to go boom some … Read More

Back in 2018, a tank of the purest water, buried under kilometers of rock in Ontario, Canada, flashed as barely detectable particle slammed through its molecules. It was the first … Read More

Remember that time a giant cylindrical aquarium in a Berlin hotel bar catastrophically failed and left thousands of fish homeless? We sure do, and further recall that at the time, … Read More

Scientists have discovered a small asteroid that recently moved closer to Earth’s orbit. The object was first observed August 7 by two astronomers from Spain’s Complutense University of Madrid. The … Read More

Under the right circumstances, electrons can be freed of the rat-race commutes and high-stress traffic deep within a conductor by skirting its boundaries. There, they can turn effortless circles in … Read More

A dwarf planet thought to have some ice mixed in with its dirty surface may have a lot more cool than we ever expected. Ceres – the largest body in … Read More

The Draconid meteor shower has returned for its annual show in the skies — and while this year’s spectacle may be fainter than in past years, experts think 2025’s light … Read More

An anthill found on a farm in Botucatu (state of São Paulo, Brazil) is home to a fungus garden that includes grass leaves in addition to the cultivated species . … Read More

An elusive creature known for its ferocious hunting skills has been caught on camera during a rare sighting in Pennsylvania.  The sleek forest-dwelling mammal, known as a fisher, was though to … Read More