As the Trump administration plans to gut funding for space science programs, a new idea has launched: scientific-telescope-as-service.
The idea is exactly what it sounds like. A private company, Blue Skies Space of the UK, launched its own…
Category: 7. Science
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the events to watch for in the coming year
India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft launched in 2023. Next year, it will observe the Sun during its peak activity phase.Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation via AP/Alamy
AI for science
Research powered by artificial intelligence made leaps this…
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Mystery of King Tut’s jars solved? Yale researchers find opium clues
Scientists examining an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection detected chemical traces of opiates. The Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP) says this is the strongest evidence so far that opium use was…
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The mysterious interstellar comet is about to make its close approach to Earth. Here’s how to watch it live
If you’ve been following the story of comet 3I/ATLAS since its discovery on 1 July 2025, you’ll know that the story has been a bit of a rollercoaster.
From the initial excitement of learning that this amazing object is an interstellar visitor,…
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Mysterious, irradiated ‘scar’ in our galaxy points to 2 stars that almost hit the sun
Roughly 4.5 million years ago, the sun passed remarkably close to two intensely bright stars whose radiation flooded nearby space — and the encounter left a ghostly scar that astronomers can still detect today, according to a new study.
The…
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Chemistry discoveries 2025: space amino acids, AI proteins, pollution detection & synthetic breakthroughs
Chemists are constantly uncovering new materials, medicines and stunning new insights into the chemical processes that underpin the world we live in. 2025 has been no different, and the Chemistry World team has been kept busy as we try to keep…
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Imperial’s magnetometer achieves first light on NASA’s IMAP mission
image: ©forplayday | iStock Imperial College London researchers are celebrating a huge milestone after their magnetometer instrument successfully recorded its first data in space aboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and…
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The Sky Today on Thursday, December 18: Mercury on the move
Challenge yourself to spot a 2-percent-lit crescent Moon as Mercury shows off its quick motion against the background stars before sunrise.
By…
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Gaia finds hints of planets in baby star systems
Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own Solar System form? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope, we’re getting a unique peek behind the cosmic curtain into these dusty environments.
In this collage, we see…
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Quantum Limit Spin Currents Achieved in Altermagnets
The key feature of spintronic devices is their ability to use spin currents to transfer momentum, enabling low-energy, high-speed storage and logical signal control. These devices are usually manipulated by electric currents and fields….
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