Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image caption, Conceptual studies on what would become MIRI began in the late 1990s It is perhaps the very definition of cool. The Mid-Infrared … [+4674 chars]
Millions of words have been written over thousands of years about the mysteries of love. Not any more, if Stephanie Cacioppo has her way. A neuroscientist who argues that human brains are wired for l… [+496 chars]
A dead sunspot launched a fiery ball of plasma towards the Earth, and it will act to trigger more intense northern lights as it collides with the planet tomorrow. The explosive event happened on Mon… [+7879 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image caption, Conceptual studies on what would become MIRI began in the late 1990s It is perhaps the very definition of cool. The Mid-Infrared … [+4674 chars]
The Sun has been flaring up more and more as it approaches its Solar Maxima the period of greatest solar activity during the Sun's 11-year solar cycle ejecting Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) quite fre… [+2206 chars]
The Hubble space telescope has measured the biggest comet ever seen a 500 trillion-tonne behemoth hurtling at 22,000mph from the far reaches of the solar system.The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet also… [+2662 chars]
A huge amount of plasma heading towards Earth from the Sun is due to hit the planet by Thursday. A coronal mass ejection, which is a release of plasma and magnetic energy from our star, will come fr… [+1732 chars]
2Ma simulation We conducted the 2Ma simulation with the Community Earth System Model (CESM), version 1.2, at an ocean and atmosphere resolution of approximately 3.75°×3.75°. The model uses bathymetr… [+16502 chars]
In contrast, mice suffer 796 mutations a year and only live for 3.7 years. The average human lifespan in the study was 83.6 years, but the mutation rate was far lower at around 47. Genetic changes,… [+1693 chars]
A monster black hole has been found in the early universe, scientists say. The mysterious object was hidden in plain sight in one of the most-studied parts of the sky. And it could now help shed li… [+1807 chars]
In this illustration, the multilayered sunshield on NASAs James Webb Space Telescope stretches out beneath the observatorys honeycomb mirror. The sunshield is the first step in cooling down Webbs inf… [+6672 chars]
The Hubble space telescope has measured the biggest comet ever seen a 500 trillion-tonne behemoth hurtling at 22,000mph from the far reaches of the solar system.The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet also… [+2662 chars]
