A sea of galaxies photographed by the Euclid space telescope ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi Extraordinary images from the Euclid space telescope have captured 26 million galaxies, some as far off as 10.5 billion light years. Euclid was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in July 2023 and…
Getty images/Shutterstock String theory is the best candidate we have for a theory of everything. Bend to its rule and the various tangled theories of conventional physics emerge as part of a sublime, higher-dimensional tapestry. It can unify all four of nature’s forces, including the most troublesome of all, gravity. With any luck, it can…
Star trails over the Mayall Telescope in Arizona, which houses the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Luke Tyas/Berkeley Lab Dark energy is one of the most mysterious features of our universe – we don’t know what it is, but it controls how the universe is expanding, as well as its ultimate fate. Now, a study of…
The Spectrum rocket on the launch pad at Andøya Space Center in Norway Wingmen-Media Preparations are under way for a rocket test flight in Norway that could make history and give Europe greater independence from the market leader in orbital launches, the United States. Who is behind the rocket launch? The company that developed the…
The Odysseus spacecraft as it approached the moon Intuitive Machines The first successful use of a radio telescope on the moon has kicked off a new era of astronomy that could shed light on the cosmic dark ages – despite a bumpy landing. NASA’s ROLSES-1 (Radio wave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron…
Esme Stallard Climate and Science Reporter BBC Listen to Esme read this article Donald Trump’s return to the White House is a “major blow to global climate action”. So said Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief, after he was elected in November. Since taking office, Trump has withdrawn the US from what is considered…
In the ‘unsolvable task’, puppies are shown a reward they can’t access. Those that look to humans for help tend to be easier to train Jarno Niemi A set of cognitive tests for puppies can predict how brave, energetic, self-controlled and trainable they will be as adults. Knowing this can help owners tailor teaching styles,…
A colossal squid — the largest invertebrate on the planet — has been filmed alive in its wild habitat for the first time. For decades, the Kraken-like colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) was more myth than reality: scientists had only a vague sense of its appearance from fragments of its remains found in the stomachs of…
The fungus Neurospora crassa formed the scaffold of a living construction material WIM VAN EGMOND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Fungi and bacteria could one day be part of a living building material that is able to grow and repair itself. One of the great challenges facing the world as we attempt to reduce waste and greenhouse gas…
The distant galaxy JADES-GS-z13-1-LA appears as a red dot in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, JADES Collaboration, J. Witstok, P. Jakobsen, M. Zamani A galaxy found at the dawn of the universe appears to be the earliest known evidence of cosmic reionisation, the period when the universe was…
