A depiction of Earth, first without an inner core; second, with an inner core beginning to grow, around 550 million years ago; third, with an outermost and innermost inner core, around 450 million ye… [+5138 chars]
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Helen Edwards was a formidable force in the field of accelera… [+17823 chars]
New footage showing a giant, peculiar-looking tentacled sea creature floating languidly in the depths of the Pacific Ocean has left researchers questioning if what they’re seeing is a new species. A… [+3644 chars]
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per secondmaking it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxyhas shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar compani… [+8772 chars]
Much of Nick Proach’s work is out of this world. Dawson Creek’s Proach is all about the art and detail behind space model making. While firmly entrenched in models from the real world – Proach is st… [+4732 chars]
About three years ago, Wolfgang "Wolfi" Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universe's missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn't lead them … [+11358 chars]
The sixth SpaceX launch in the month of July saw a new batch of Starlink satellites on Sunday. At around 9.38 a.m., the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida witnessed the El… [+3381 chars]
Does anybody remember GLASS-z13? No? It was spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and championed as the "oldest galaxy ever seen" and it was announced... six days ago. Yes, that's right. Not ev… [+4762 chars]
Much of Nick Proach’s work is out of this world. Dawson Creek’s Proach is all about the art and detail behind space model making. While firmly entrenched in models from the real world – Proach is st… [+4732 chars]
Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies developed at the University of Birmingham-led UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing. Working in collaboration with and partly funded b… [+4921 chars]
Image: NASA NASA's trio of robots known as Astrobee have completed the first phase of a project to test whether an autonomous system can provide spacecraft monitoring, maintenance and incident respo… [+2603 chars]
The Northrop Grumman Corporation has released footage of a test firing of NASA's new rocket booster. The test was a "full-scale static fire" conducted by Northrop Grumman and NASA, using the Flight … [+1119 chars]
