Chancellor pledges big increase to research spend

Rishi Sunak pledges to more than double spending on government research and development by 2024. …

Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b

Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/11/2020

DOSIS-3D: The crew retrieved the DOSIS-3D Passive Detector Pouch (PDP) from the Dragon vehicle and installed…

World's first experimental observation of a Kondo cloud

Physicists have been trying to observe the Kondo cloud quantum phenomenon for many decades. An international…

Discovery of smallest known mesozoic dinosaur reveals new species in bird evolution

The discovery of a small, bird-like skull, described in an article published in Nature, reveals a…

Wasp-76b: The exotic inferno planet where it 'rains iron'

Astronomers study an exotic planet where they suspect iron droplets fall through the atmosphere. …

Very Large Telescope observes exoplanet where it rains iron

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it…

Microbes far beneath the seafloor rely on recycling to survive

Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveal how microorganisms could survive in rocks nestled thousands of…

Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough

A happy accident in the laboratory has led to a breakthrough discovery that not only solved…

Greenland and Antarctica losing ice six times faster than expected

According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in…