Astronomers Detect a ‘Hot Jupiter’ With a Staggering 18-Hour-Short Orbit
We have a new record. Perhaps 1,060 light-years away, a gas giant called NGTS-10b is whipping around its star so closely, it completes an entire orbit in just 18.4 hours.…
Alien ‘Lurkers’ Could Be Covertly Watching Us From Space, Physicist Says
They’re called ‘lurkers’, and they may have been covertly surveilling us from space for millions of years – since before we even existed, perhaps. That’s the bold proposal being made…
An Eerie Egyptian Burial Has Been Found, With Nonsense Hieroglyphs on The Coffin
When ancient burials are discovered in the sands of Egypt, the stories we hear are usually similar. High-ranking officials and nobles buried with rich grave goods, elaborate coffins, and often…
Controversial Paper Suggests We Could Just ‘Infect’ Mars With Life
What do you imagine the first settlers on Mars will look like? Maybe they’ll be the best and brightest our world has to offer: people from countries around the world…
More Than Half The Trees Endemic to Europe Have a Major Problem We Only Just Noticed
Of all the known trees found solely Europe, more than half are at risk of dying out, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports. Some of these ancient…
The World Could Soon Run Out of a Crucial Resource And Nobody Is Talking About It
The world is dealing with a lot right now. The climate is rapidly warming, the oceans are growing dangerously acidic, a sixth extinction is officially unfolding, and all the while…
Here’s How to Write a Good Science Paper, According to a Bestselling Novelist
Cormac McCarthy knows a thing or two about good writing. He’s the visionary who gave us The Road, No Country for Old Men, and a list of other acclaimed novels.…
UFO sighting: NASA solar satellite spots ‘alien giant doughnut UFO fleet’ | Weird | News
The Terry’s Theories YouTube site made the extraordinary claims about a NASA photograph bearing the timestamp of December 18, 2006. The narrator Terry believes the anomalies could either be alien…
Faster-Than-Light Speeds Could Be Why Gamma-Ray Bursts Seem to Go Backwards in Time
Time, as far as we know, moves only in one direction. But last year, researchers found events in some gamma-ray burst pulses that seemed to repeat themselves as though they…
A Fun New Paper Says Planet 9 Could Actually Be a Primordial Black Hole
At the edge of our Solar System, some unknown object is manipulating the paths of chunks of ice as they circle the Sun. These objects’ oval-shaped orbits all point in…
New Simulation Shows Superconductivity Could Be Turned On And Off in Some Materials
Superconductivity (passing charges through materials without losing heat) promises to revolutionise electronics and power, if we can get it working at reasonable temperatures – and scientists just reported a big…
T. Rex Really Could Crush a Car in Its Jaws, Without Damaging Its Own Skull
The Tyrannosaurus rex had the strongest bite of any known land animal – extinct or otherwise. The king of the dinosaurs was capable of biting through solid bone, but paleontologists…