‘Cold Neptune’ and two temperate super-Earths found orbiting nearby stars
A "cold Neptune" and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five newly discovered exoplanets and eight exoplanet candidates found orbiting...
X-rays and gravitational waves combine to illuminate massive black hole collision
A new study by a group of researchers at the University of Birmingham has found that collisions of supermassive black holes may be simultaneously...
How to verify that quantum chips are computing correctly
In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from MIT, Google, and elsewhere have designed a system that can verify when quantum chips have...
Reliable and extremely fast quantum calculations with germanium transistors
Transistors based on germanium can perform calculations for future quantum computers. This discovery by the team of Menno Veldhorst is reported in Nature.
The development of...
Magnetic storms originate closer to Earth than previously thought, threatening satellites
Beyond Earth's atmosphere are swirling clouds of energized particles—ions and electrons—that emanate from the sun. This "solar wind" buffets the magnetosphere, the magnetic force...
Connecting the dots in the sky could shed new light on dark matter
Astrophysicists have come a step closer to understanding the origin of a faint glow of gamma rays covering the night sky. They found that...
Researchers solve a scientific mystery about evaporation
Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an important role in industrial processes ranging from...
Fisheries management is actually working, global analysis shows
Nearly half of the fish caught worldwide are from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance. Effective management appears...
Global database of all bird species shows how body shape predicts lifestyle
A database of 10,000 bird species shows how measurements of wings, beaks and tails can predict a species' role in an ecosystem.
Given that many bird...
TESS dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
A single bright star in the constellation of Indus, visible from the southern hemisphere, has revealed new insights on an ancient collision that our...
Climate gas budgets highly overestimate methane discharge from Arctic Ocean
The atmospheric concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has almost tripled since the beginning of industrialisation. Methane emissions from natural sources are poorly...
