New Scientist Space - Space Headlines
New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia
A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and weigh 44 grams
Categories: Astronomy
Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey
A mysterious residue inside a set of ancient Greek pots from Paestum, Italy, has now been identified as honey thanks to modern chemical analysis
Categories: Astronomy
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures
Categories: Astronomy
Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time
An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world’s first “rust” battery to connect with an electricity grid
Categories: Astronomy
California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire
A battery made from cheap and non-flammable iron and salt could provide emergency power in one of California’s high wildfire risk zones
Categories: Astronomy
Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon
An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage
Categories: Astronomy
Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy?
Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable
Categories: Astronomy
Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines
Russian ambush drones have been seen in Ukraine fitted with cheap solar panels, which enable them to lurk indefinitely, waiting for a target to come near
Categories: Astronomy
Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline
Healthy habits like exercising and eating well really do seem to improve cognitive decline, particularly if followed in a dedicated way
Categories: Astronomy
Puppy and cheetah cub make unlikely pair of step-siblings
An Australian zoo has recruited a puppy to help socialise a precious cheetah cub after she had to be separated from her mother, and the two have become firm friends
Categories: Astronomy
We may be able to share quantum entanglement nearly infinitely
A pair of quantum experimenters that share two entangled particles may be able to pass some of that entanglement to other pairs – and keep sharing it again and again
Categories: Astronomy
How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life
Your circadian rhythm influences mood, metabolism and even how well you respond to medical treatment. Now we finally have the tools to harness it to help us live longer and feel better
Categories: Astronomy
How revolutionary new tests can unlock the power of your body clock
Your circadian rhythm influences mood, metabolism and even how well you respond to medical treatment. Now we finally have the tools to harness it to help us live longer and feel better
Categories: Astronomy
A vast bubble around a dying star is too big to comprehend
A red supergiant star is surrounded by a sphere of dust and gas so large there is no known explanation for what produced it
Categories: Astronomy
Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b have all but vanished
Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest the apparent biosignature isn’t there after all
Categories: Astronomy
Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months
A pioneering solar-powered drone aircraft operated by Skydweller Aero will be used for maritime surveillance
Categories: Astronomy
Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be ageing you
Having someone in your life who hassles you or causes problems could be adding 2.5 months to your biological age
Categories: Astronomy
Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hyper-carnivores
It has been claimed Neanderthals ate a huge amount of meat based on isotope ratios in their bones – but the explanation could instead be a diet rich in maggots
Categories: Astronomy
We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet
Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend
Categories: Astronomy
Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row
Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere
Categories: Astronomy
