Mysterious 'Singing' Plasma Waves Detected Around Mercury

So-called chorus waves have been recorded at Earth, and Jupiter, and Saturn; and observed at Uranus and Neptune. Now, international scientists have detected them whistling around Mercury.

New AI System Discovers Supernova Without Human Help

For the first time, artificial intelligence (AI) has searched for, detected, confirmed, classified, and announced a supernova discovery without any human intervention.

"Starquakes" could explain mystery signals

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are an astronomical mystery, with their exact cause and origins still unconfirmed. A recent research found several notable similarities between FRBs and earthquakes.

Strange Form of Ice That Only Melts at Extremely Hot Temperatures

Superionic ice is strangely different, and yet it may be among the most abundant forms of water in the Universe – presumed to fill not only the interiors of Uranus, Neptune, but also similar exoplanets.

Scientists see the first ever "afterglow" of two ice giant planets colliding

Researchers were caught by surprise when they observed what they believe to be the aftermath of two giant planets colliding.

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission: a 3.6 billion kilometre 'journey to the centre of the Earth'

A distant lump of space rock may have a surprising amount in common with the core of our own planet.

Consciousness Begins Before Birth

Newfound evidence indicates that conscious experiences start as early as in late pregnancy. The study suggests that an infant’s brain is capable of forming conscious experiences that shape their emergent self.

NASA's Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water

Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of high-carbon content and water.

Amphibian crisis: 41% of species deemed threatened with extinction

Earth's amphibians are being pushed closer to the brink due to habitat destruction, disease and climate change, with 41% of species now threatened with extinction.

Asteroids May Be Hiding Elements From Beyond The Periodic Table

The densest naturally occurring element on the periodic table is the metal osmium. But there are some objects out there in the Solar System that seem to be way more dense than osmium.

Tiny Plant Can Survive The Crush of 20 Times Earth's Gravity

Not all plants are created equal, and not all can survive the harsh conditions of space. One that might thrive on long spacefaring voyages also happens to be the smallest flowering plant on Earth. It is called Watermeal.

How to test if we're living in a computer simulation

There is some evidence suggesting that our physical reality could be a simulated virtual reality rather than an objective world that exists independently of the observer.

Amazon rainforest hides thousands of records of ancient communities

The world's most diverse forest, the Amazon, may also host more than 10,000 records of pre-Columbian earthworks (constructed prior to the arrival of Europeans), according to a new study.

Distant Objects Show Solar System Extends Further Than We Knew

A new method for scanning telescope images for the faintest signs of rock far beyond Pluto has uncovered evidence that our Solar System's disc of material extends far further into interstellar space than we thought.

A comet impact 13,000 years ago might have wiped out megafauna

Researchers note a "synchronicity" of geochemical signals suggesting that fragments of a comet struck Earth approximately 13,000 years ago.