The Universe reveals hidden objects when gravity acts like a giant magnifying glass. Observatories at the cutting edge of technology like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can harness these cos… [+6062 chars]
It is common for young animals, in particular mammals, to play. Researchers at Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden have for the first time mapped the development of play in young chickens. The resul… [+2928 chars]
The massive eruption of the Hunga TongaHunga Haapai volcano this January in Tonga, in the south Pacific Ocean, was the volcanic equivalent of a near miss asteroid whizzing by the Earth. The eruption … [+13624 chars]
Blue areas depict the largest and youngest craters including Karratha, the source of the Black Beauty meteorite.Credit: A. Lagain et al./Nature Commun. Machine learning locates meteorite source on M… [+3521 chars]
Hubble's still got it. A Star Is Born NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may be quite a bit older than its groundbreaking successor, but as an incredible new image of the Orion Nebula goes to show, it's… [+1656 chars]
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new alien world. The newfound exoplanet, designated TOI-2196 b, turns out to be a type o… [+3232 chars]
