IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
Apr 26, 2024 01:34 am UTC| Science
About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...
Apr 26, 2024 01:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...
Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light
Apr 26, 2024 01:30 am UTC| Science
A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...
A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars
Apr 24, 2024 09:34 am UTC| Science
While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...
The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook
Apr 18, 2024 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...
Apr 12, 2024 03:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...
Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains
Apr 09, 2024 12:48 pm UTC| Science
The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight