Renewable energy megaprojects around the world

With much of the developed world hastening its transition to renewables, take a look at some renewable megaprojects around the globe.

World's largest renewable energy plant would be bigger than entire countries

The world’s largest planned renewable energy project would be bigger than entire countries, with onshore wind turbines potentially triple the size of current market leading machines, according to new documents.

Switzerland to Launch World-First Solar Panels on Railway Tracks

Switzerland is leading the way in clean energy with a world-first project: the installation of removable solar panels on active railway tracks. 

AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics

A new paper describes a success in making a brand-new enzyme with the potential to digest plastics. 

Biomedicine shows the way to future food crop

University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement.

Jupiter's moon Callisto is very likely an ocean world

Recent expanded analysis much more strongly suggests that Callisto hosts a subsurface ocean.

Salt deposits found on a asteroid Ryugu

A team of researchers has found evidence of salt minerals in samples recovered from Ryugu during the initial phase of Japan's Hayabusa2 mission.

First 3D observations of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveal a unique climate

The planet, WASP-121b, is some 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The team has now probed deep inside Tylos's atmosphere and revealed distinct winds in separate layers, forming a map of the atmosphere's 3D structure.

Songs of Humpback Whales Show Human Language

An international team of researchers have discovered hidden structures within whale songs that exhibit striking parallels to human language.

Curiosity Spots Noctilucent Clouds in Martian Atmosphere

New images, taken over 16 min on January 17, 2025 by the Mastcam instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover, show noctilucent, or twilight clouds, in the atmosphere of Mars.

New Theory Increases Probability of Intelligent Life beyond Earth

In 1983, the theoretical physicist Brandon Carter concluded that the time it took for humans to evolve on Earth -- relative to the total lifespan of the Sun - suggests that our evolutionary origin was intrinsically unlikely.

An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago.  A strange increase in the radioactive isotope beryllium-10 was found in rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

Marsquakes From Meteoroids Go Deeper Than Expected

Meteoroids striking Mars produce seismic signals that can reach deeper into the planet than previously known. 

Alpha Centauri Particles Already Lurk in Our Solar System, Study Suggests

The Alpha Centauri (AC) star system is our nearest stellar neighbour and it is moving toward us, presenting an excellent opportunity to study how material might move between Solar Systems.

James Webb telescope glimpse of young planet

A Canadian-led team of international astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery about how young planets form and grow using a creative approach with unique tools of the James Webb Space Telescope.