Jaw-Dropping Explosions on The Sun Captured in First NASA PUNCH Images

A NASA mission to observe the activity of the solar wind has returned its first images of giant coronal mass ejections (CMEs) billowing out from the Sun.

Australian bogong moths navigate using starlight, says study

Bogong moths use star patterns, the Milky Way and Earth’s magnetic field to navigate during migration. They are the first-known invertebrates that navigate by starlight.

Highly Effective Shot for HIV Prevention Has Been Approved

The FDA in U.S. has approved Yeztugo (lenacapvir), a twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV infection that could improve adherence rates compared to other PrEP medications and with minimal side effects.

First Signs of a 'Ghost' Plume Reshaping Earth Detected Beneath Oman

Rising from Earth's core beneath Oman, the unusually elusive column of hot rock shows no surface volcanic activity, unlike typical plumes.

Scientists Discover Brain Emits Measurable Light

  • 25 Jun 2025

A Canadian study finds that the human brain emits a faint glow known as bio-photons, which vary with mental activity.

Did a Passing Star Cause Earth to Warm 56 Million Years Ago?

About 70,000 years ago Scholz's star passed through the Oort Cloud. It may have perturbed some comets from the Oort Cloud. But we won't know for a couple of million years because that's how long it would take for a comet to reach us.

Microplastics Have a Concerning Effect on The Microbes in Our Gut

Careful analysis of the animals revealed subsequent changes to protein production, gene activity, bacteria levels, and the microRNA coding inside cells.

Solar Orbiter captures first images of the Sun's south pole

ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. 

Study reveals 'switch-like' behavior for hundreds of genes with links to human disease

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light.

Astronomers capture most detailed image of the Sculptor galaxy

Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece: an ultra-detailed image that reveals previously unseen features in the Sculptor galaxy. 

Forever chemicals' toxic cousin: MCCPs detected in U. S. air for first time

In a surprising twist during an air quality study in Oklahoma, researchers detected MCCPs an industrial pollutant never before measured in the Western Hemisphere.

Heavy particles, big secrets: What happened right after the Big Bang

Smashing atomic nuclei together at mind-bending speeds recreates the fiery conditions of the early universe and scientists are finally getting a better handle on what happens next. 

Proba-3's first artificial solar eclipse

Today, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the Sun's outer atmosphere - the solar corona. 

A Fifth Force of Nature May Have Been Discovered Inside Atoms

Physicists from Germany, Switzerland, and Australia have now placed new restrictions on where one example of a 'fifth' force may be hiding in the hearts of atoms, exchanging whispers between electrons and neutrons.

Strange radio waves detected coming from under the Antarctic ice

The ANITA experiment, built to detect neutrinos, has detected very strange radio waves coming from deep below the Antarctic ice.