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Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has provided new insights into why the Sun’s corona remains millions of degrees hotter than its surface despite constant energy loss from eruptions.
Starwatch: Vega the bright star will light the way to the constellation of Lyra
Vega, the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, serves as a guide to locating Lyra, one of the smallest constellations visible high overhead from the UK after sunset.
Mysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see
Salk Institute researchers propose that electrical waves traveling across the brain’s visual cortex function as a computational engine, helping transform sensory information into coherent perceptions and predictions about the environment.
A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a newly formed crater on the Moon created when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface on Aug. 5.
Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory resolved a two-decade mystery about how diamond behaves under extreme pressure, using advanced laser techniques to measure its melting point.
The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year
High Mountain Asia’s groundwater reserves are declining by approximately 24.2 billion tonnes annually, according to satellite-based research combining artificial intelligence and Earth system modeling.
Scientists say the human family tree may need a major rewrite
Researchers propose expanding the genus Homo to include Australopithecus and Paranthropus species, arguing recent fossil discoveries make traditional human evolutionary classifications outdated and less accurate.
Scientists turn tiny “defects” into a 5.5x heat transfer boost
Researchers developed a polymer coating that increases condensation heat transfer by up to 5.5 times by optimizing droplet formation and removal through controlled nanoscale structures.
Starwatch: Lunar eclipse to reward early risers in UK and Europe
A partial lunar eclipse will occur early on August 28, creating a dramatic copper-red display for observers in the UK, Europe, and Africa during the pre-dawn hours.
Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment
Researchers discover that brown-lipped snails can produce five distinct types of mucus by adjusting protein and ion concentrations, each serving different functions from locomotion to protection.
Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19
Scientists largely support the theory that COVID-19 jumped from animals to humans, while some officials promote the lab leak hypothesis. A recent Senate hearing renewed debate over the pandemic’s origins.
Black holes may spit out nearly as much matter as they swallow
Astronomers tracking a black hole outburst found that black holes expel nearly as much matter as they consume, suggesting they function as cosmic digestive systems rather than simple matter-swallowing voids.
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Scientists at the Potsdam Institute detected statistically significant acceleration in global warming since around 2015, with temperatures rising at roughly 0.35°C per decade compared to 0.2°C previously.
Mysterious Milky Way object accelerates protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts
An international research team has identified a cosmic accelerator in the Milky Way capable of propelling protons to energies exceeding one quadrillion electron volts, advancing understanding of galactic cosmic rays.
Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected
A new study explores whether dark matter experiences an additional hidden force beyond gravity, finding that such a force would suppress rather than accelerate cosmic structure growth.
Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun
Scientists using Hawaii’s most powerful solar telescope have captured unprecedented images of the sun’s surface revealing tiny spiral structures that may explain why the sun’s outer atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than expected.
567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life
Researchers discovered a fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories containing 567-million-year-old specimens of early complex animals, suggesting animal movement and sexual reproduction emerged 5-10 million years earlier than previously documented.
Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture
A mathematician at Anthropic used the Claude Fable 5 AI model to discover a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, a 87-year-old problem in algebraic geometry, expressed as a brief polynomial formula.
Majority of England’s rivers and lakes fail pollution review
Only 15% of England’s rivers meet good ecological standards in the latest assessment, with no waterways passing chemical pollution tests. Phosphate pollution from sewage and farming remains a major concern.
From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa’s historic mission to the Moon
Four astronauts completed NASA’s Artemis II mission, traveling further into space than humans have before, voyaging to the Moon and returning safely after 10 days.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
Archaeologists discovered a simpler predecessor to Stonehenge three miles away, featuring two wooden posts aligned with solar solstices and dating back approximately 5,000 years.
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