Scientists have found evidence that gravitational waves generated by a spectacular black hole collision carry signals from the very edge of the newly formed black hole. If confirmed by future observations, this discovery could provide an entirely new way to investigate what happens in the immediate vicinity of a black hole without observing it directly. …
Astronomers have reconstructed the “skeleton” of the universe in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest survey ever conducted. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The resulting map shows how galaxies have evolved since the universe’s early stages about 13 billion years ago and how they fall together into a vast structure called the cosmic web. The …
Patient: A 20-year-old man in Edinburgh, Britain symptoms: The man visited an eye clinic after noticing brief flashes of light in his right eye as well as floaters – small, black shapes – floating in his field of vision for six days. He was otherwise healthy and had no history of eye disease, physical trauma …
The first dinosaur found in Antarctica belonged to a group that includes the largest animals to ever walk the planet, a new study has revealed. The spine of an 82-million-year-old mammoth was discovered more than 40 years ago, but at the time, researchers assumed it came from an ancient marine reptile. Now a new study, …
Due to the violent conflicts taking place around the world at the moment, war feels like a permanent state. But have humans ever lived without war? The answer depends on how you define “war”. If war means a fight between two governments, then yes, there have been peaceful periods “because for about 99% of human …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to have a disruptive impact on many parts of humanity. But what does this mean in the long run? A new paper, available in Pre-print on arXiv From Austrian researcher Sergey IvliyevWhat does extrapolation do? Widespread adoption of AI Means for humanity’s future in space – and especially what this means …
An 11-year-old boy in Ontario, Canada, died after being bitten by a rabid bat that rested on his face while he slept. According to reports from his doctors, the boy had no obvious bite or scratch marks and showed no symptoms for the first 19 days after the incident. While on vacation with his parents …
While scanning one of Scotland’s richest prehistoric landscapes, archaeologists uncovered evidence of a new stone or timber circle buried beneath peaty moorland. The discovery could add another monument to a formal structure that has fascinated researchers for more than a century. The possible circle lies beneath the surface of Machari Moor on the Isle of …
When you click to enter a website or try to log in or fill out a form, you may be asked to identify motorcycles from a grid of grainy images, decipher a string of complex characters, or click a box saying “I’m not a robot.” These tests are called CAPTCHAs, which stands for “Completely Automated …
This week’s science news was about activities in space, including reports of The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) picked up a signal from a mysterious, never-before-seen object on Pluto and Titan.. The space telescope detected a characteristic absorption line in the spectra of these worlds’ atmospheres, revealing the distinctive trace of a unique and unknown …