Meet 'Scary Barbie,' a black hole slaughtering a star in the brightest way possible By Ben Turner published 27 April 23 'Scary Barbie' is an incredibly bright cosmic object that has been burning for two years, and it has yet to sputter out.
Watch thousands of worms 'explosively' untangle themselves from a knotted ball in milliseconds By Jennifer Nalewicki published 27 April 23 Researchers created a mathematical model showing how worms can untangle themselves from each other.
Scientists discover never-before-seen brain wave after reading octopuses' minds By Ben Turner published 27 April 23 By surgically attaching electrodes to octopuses, researchers have been able to peer inside the cephalopods’ minds for the very first time.
Newfound 'brain signature' linked to multiple psychiatric disorders By Rebecca Sohn published 27 April 23 Researchers identified patterns of brain wiring that seem to be linked to a person's risk of having multiple psychiatric disorders.
'Mind boggling' array of 19,000 undersea volcanoes discovered with high-resolution radar satellites By Jennifer Nalewicki published 27 April 23 Scientists used high-resolution radar satellites and discovered a ‘mind boggling’ 19,000 volcanoes.
Behold the first direct image of a supermassive black hole spewing a jet of particles By Ben Turner published 27 April 23 The first complete image of a black hole and its jet has captured a never-before-seen view of how the cosmic monster traps and spits out matter.
Mysterious 'painted people' of Scotland are long gone, but their DNA lives on By Kristina Killgrove published 27 April 23 A new look at eight skeletons from two Pictish cemeteries reveals that the enigmatic Picts weren't from afar, as medieval historians suggested, but that they had local roots.
Rare, 1,000-year-old Viking Age iron hoard found in basement in Norway By Sascha Pare published 27 April 23 Forty years after her father stored them away, a woman discovered 32 identical iron ingots that Vikings may have used as a form of currency.
China finally admits its hibernating Mars rover may never wake up By Stephanie Pappas published 27 April 23 The Zhurong Mars rover never woke up from a planned hibernation, and the head of the mission team has now revealed why.
Bold jumping spiders can literally go blind with hunger By Jennifer Nalewicki published 27 April 23 Researchers have found that undernourished bold jumping spiders begin to lose light-sensitive photoreceptors.
Dark matter's secret identity could be hiding in distorted 'Einstein rings' By Harry Baker published 27 April 23 Researchers may be a step closer to identifying dark matter after studying unusual cases of gravitational lensing caused by "dark matter halos" surrounding distant galaxies.
Days before dying, Japan's lunar lander snaps glorious photo of Earth during a total solar eclipse By Joanna Thompson published 27 April 23 Japan's Hakuto-R lander may have crashed on the moon, but the spacecraft still sent back valuable images.
WWII ship that sank with 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered in South China Sea By Tom Metcalfe published 27 April 23 The wreck of a Japanese transport ship that sank in 1942 with more than 1,000 Allied prisoners-of-war on board has been discovered near the Philippines.
1st-ever close-up photo of Mars' moon Deimos reveals the Red Planet's violent past By Briley Lewis published 26 April 23 A satellite from the United Arab Emirates revealed that Mars' moon Deimos is made of the same material as the Red Planet itself, hinting at an ancient collision.
Don't use 'amniotic fluid' eye drops, FDA warns By Nicoletta Lanese published 26 April 23 "Amniotic fluid" eye drops aren't approved and could be harmful, the Food and Drug Administration warned.
World's heaviest Schrödinger's cat made in quantum crystal visible to the naked eye By Ben Turner published 26 April 23 Physicists have placed part of a sapphire crystal into a quantum superposition, making it the heaviest object to show quantum effects, in a new take on Erwin Schrödinger's famous cat experiment.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid as tall as the Eiffel Tower will zoom by Earth today By Harry Baker published 26 April 23 The hefty space rock, known as 2006 HV5, is around 1,000 feet wide and will hurtle past our planet at around 39,000 mph.
Irregular sleep may increase your risk of dying from cancer and heart disease By Carissa Wong published 26 April 23 Waking and sleeping at inconsistent times may increase the risk of dying from cancer or heart disease death in middle-age and older adults.
The biggest snake in the world (and 9 other giant serpents) By Emma Bryce published 26 April 23 From Titanoboa, a prehistoric snake as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex, to modern-day pythons and boa constrictors that can swallow humans whole, these are the biggest, heaviest and longest snakes to have ever lived on Earth.
Save $600 on the Unistellar eVscope 2 digital telescope – down to its lowest price this year By Lloyd Coombes published 26 April 23 The Unistellar eVscope 2 is a little more affordable with this huge deal, bringing the hefty price down a bit to $4299.
