Category: 7. Science

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, astronomers have for the first time confirmed the existence of one of these starless worlds by pinpointing its distance and…

The group had traveled for thousands of miles, crossing Africa and the Middle East until finally reaching the dimly lit forests of the new continent. They were long-vanished members of our modern human tribe, and among the first Homo sapiens to…

Newly-released photos by…

Astronomers discovered an enormous galaxy cluster called RM J130558.9+263048.4 on December 31, 2020; the date, combined with the bubble-like appearance of the galaxies and the superheated gas, inspired the astronomers to nickname the object the…

Understanding the environmental impact of nanoplastics is complex and requires the development of robust and standardised laboratory tests, which are essential for assessing their effects on broader, real-world scales, Monica Passananti…

An elusive meteor shower kicks off the skywatching year for 2026.

It sneaks up on us, every annual flip of the calendar into the new year. If skies are clear, keep an eye out for the brief but strong Quadrantid meteors this weekend.

The…

All terrestrial vertebrates owe their existence to that unlikely moment 350-odd million years ago when an ancestral species of fish hauled itself out of the water. But perhaps the real surprise is that it happened only once, says Stuart…

The Greenland shark is one of the world’s largest sharks, but it grows slowly, at only a few centimetres over several years, hinting at a long lifespan.

But until 2016 biologists could only guess at the life expectancy of these…