Solar flares created in the lab for 1st time By Harry Baker published 13 April 23 Researchers were able to replicate how solar flares form by creating banana-sized loops of plasma in a lab. The results show that the mini flares are an excellent proxy for studying the real things.
Mystery of Roman coins discovered on shipwreck island has archaeologists baffled By Tom Metcalfe published 13 April 23 Two silver coins minted in during the Roman Empire have been found on a remote and uninhabited island in the Baltic Sea. Archaeologists have no idea how they got there.
As syphilis levels hit 70-year high, sexually transmitted infection epidemic shows 'no signs of slowing' By Nicoletta Lanese published 13 April 23 Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis rose in the U.S. between 2020 and 2021.
Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves By Carissa Wong published 13 April 23 Wild elephants play, help sick members of their species and babysit each other's young, suggesting they domesticated themselves.
First-ever close-up of a supermassive black hole sharpened to 'full resolution' by AI, and the results are stunning By Ben Turner published 13 April 23 Astronomers have used machine learning to sharpen the 2019 Event Horizon Telescope image of the black hole M87*, the first direct image of a black hole ever taken.
How to watch Europe launch its alien-hunting JUICE satellite live on Thursday By Briley Lewis published 12 April 23 The European Space Agency is sending a probe called JUICE to Jupiter's moons — and we've got all the info you need to watch the launch.
52 million-year-old bat skeleton is the oldest ever found and belongs to a never-before-seen species By Sascha Pare published 12 April 23 The bat skeletons unearthed in southwest Wyoming are the oldest ever found, and their discovery has sparked a reshuffle in the bat family tree.
NASA discovers ultra-rare 'double quasar' about to collide into an unbelievably massive black hole By Joanna Thompson published 12 April 23 A rare double quasar system 10 billion light-years away could help astronomers uncover the secrets of the early universe.
China reported 1st human death from H3N8 bird flu, WHO says By Nicoletta Lanese published 12 April 23 A woman in China was the first person to die of the bird flu subtype H3N8.
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'Green Monster' supernova is the youngest in the Milky Way, James Webb telescope reveals By Stephanie Pappas published 12 April 23 New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal the grisly past of Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way.
Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says By Briley Lewis published 11 April 23 A bizarre 'ultraluminous X-ray source' shines millions of times brighter than the sun, breaking a physical law called the Eddington limit, a new study finds.
'Exceedingly rare' fungal infection sickens dozens at Michigan paper mill By Nicoletta Lanese published 11 April 23 Health officials have reported 19 confirmed cases and 74 probable cases of blastomycosis linked to a paper mill.
Scientists create 'slits in time' in mind-bending physics experiment By Anna Demming published 11 April 23 Researchers replicated the classic double slit experiment using lasers, but their slits are in time not space.
Centuries-old skeleton with massive, crippling bone growth unearthed in Portugal By Sascha Pare published 11 April 23 Archaeologists think that a debilitating, "rope-like" lump of bone protruding from a 14th to 19th century woman's thigh sprouted as a result of extreme trauma.
Einstein was right about invisible dark matter, massive new map of the universe suggests By Ben Turner published 11 April 23 Light produced just 380,000 years after the Big Bang was warped by the universe's dark matter exactly the way Einstein predicted it would be.
'Hidden' rings of Uranus revealed in dazzling new James Webb telescope images By Brandon Specktor published 10 April 23 Astronomers zoomed in on the dusty rings around Uranus in a new series of stunning James Webb Space Telescope images.
Mysterious 'cryptic' molecules made by zombie cells may drive aging, scientists say By Nicoletta Lanese published 10 April 23 Aging cells undergo a mysterious process called "cryptic transcription," and scientists now think they know why.