Quantum crystal could reveal the identity of dark matter
Beryllium ions might help in the hunt for dark matter. Using a quirk of quantum mechanics, researchers have created a beryllium...
Month: August 2021
Venus and a newly discovered comet will cross paths in December. Will sparks fly?
If a meteor shower falls on Venus and no one sees it, does it still make a flash? Venus is...
DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body
And in 20 other animals often studied by science, too. The artificial intelligence (A.I.) company DeepMind says it will soon...
Could we really terraform Mars?
Don't hold your breath. Almost every sci-fi story begins (and sometimes ends) with the terraforming of Mars to turn it into a...
Ancient monument linked to King Arthur is older than Stonehenge, research finds
A mysterious stone tomb in western England — known as Arthur's Stone because of its links to the mythical King...
Earthquake swarm rocks the ground at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
The chances of an eruption are low, however. Kilauea volcano gave scientists and local Hawaiians a scare this week, when...
Martian ‘blueberries’ may hold signs of ancient water, new study suggests
These tiny stones could hold the ultimate evidence of Mars' watery past. The surface of Mars is dotted with millions...
6 mysterious structures hidden beneath the Greenland ice sheet
Nearly 2 miles thick in places, the ice sheet hides a landscape of canyons, mountains, fjords and gem-like lakes. Fridtjof...
Scientists detected the radio ‘colors’ of an FRB for the first time
This could be further proof that magnetars are responsible for most, if not all, FRBs. Scientists connected two of the...
Alien ‘Dyson spheres’ could be harvesting the power of black holes
ET could harvest energy from a black hole. Technologically-savvy aliens could be powering their society using a hypothetical megastructure called...
