Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million…

World temperatures will blow past Paris goals this decade, asserts new study

According to a new paper by scientists from a dozen institutions, the world’s average temperature will…

A new theory linking evolution and physics has scientists baffled—but is it solving a problem that doesn't exist?

In October, a paper titled “Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution” appeared in the…

First release of images demonstrates Euclid space telescope's potential

Two things are needed to understand how the universe came into being and how it has…

Farmers or foragers? Pre-colonial Aboriginal food production was hardly that simple

For almost 10 years, debate has raged over the book Dark Emu by Aboriginal historian Bruce…

Recording the first daily measurements of Earth's rotation shifts

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in measuring the Earth’s rotation more…

Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse—but their basic math may be wrong

One of the most startling scientific discoveries of recent decades is that physics appears to be…

Animals skin patterns are a matter of physics—research could improve medical diagnostics and synthetic materials

Patterns on animal skin, such as zebra stripes and poison frog color patches, serve various biological…

Dynamics of skyrmion spin states confirmed in neutron-scattering experiments

RIKEN researchers have brought low-energy devices based on spintronics one step closer, by measuring the dynamics…

Saturday Citations: A big old black hole, polar bears in bad decline, building a jail for electrons

This week, we covered developments about a record-breaking black hole, the continued plight of polar bears,…