Kilauea: one of the world’s most active lava-spewers
As Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers....
As Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers....
A tiny meteorite from Mars nicknamed “Black Beauty” has provided scientists with an unprecedented insight into ancient processes that shaped the red planet’s surface. Discovered in the Sahara desert and...
Octopuses are aliens. That’s the claim being made by a team of 33 researchers published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. They are not referring to aliens in a metaphorical sense,...
A fleet of Nasa spacecraft have finally helped solve a long-standing mystery about the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists have used the data from the four spacecraft that are part of...
The long-lost art of the world’s first major global war has been rediscovered inside a historic manor house complex in the Kent countryside. Eighteen images of ships, scratched on the...
The discovery of a new planet around the Kepler-90 star, which looks like our own sun, means the distant solar system has a total of eight known planets. And those...
An entirely new theory about the moon’s origins has been proposed by scientists, who say it is a better fit than current ideas about how the Earth’s closest neighbour was...
A team of scientists they have solved the mystery of Earth’s “missing nitrogen”, a discovery with significant implications for climate change. Nitrogen is vital for plant growth, so its availability...
The “sixth sense” birds use to visualise Earth’s magnetic field has been demystified, as two teams of scientists claim to have identified the source of their powers. Birds are known...
The scientific world celebrates the 105th birthday of Mexican astronomer Guillermo Haro (1913-88). A native of Mexico City who grew up at the height of the Mexican Revolution, Haro originally...