Dutch researchers have discovered that approximately 27 million tons of nanoplastics are polluting the North Atlantic. These findings, published in the journal Nature, show that this pollution is much ...

Three years ago, a space mission made history by altering an asteroid's trajectory. This experiment paved the way for new methods to protect Earth from dangerous celestial bodies. Images captured by ...

What is an orbital resonance? Orbital resonance occurs when two celestial bodies exert a regular gravitational influence on each other, leading to synchronization of their orbits. This phenomenon is ...

On November 23, 2023, gravitational waves revealed the most massive merger ever recorded. This phenomenon, detected by the LIGO Virgo and KAGRA detectors, challenges current models of black hole ...

Tests were also conducted on elderly mice, equivalent to humans over 60 years old. Those that received the compound lived 30% longer than the others. For a human, this would translate to roughly 25 ...

Neanderthals may well have been the first to have distinct culinary traditions. Cut marks on bones reveal different techniques between two neighboring groups. A recent study conducted by researchers ...

This breakthrough, achieved by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), far surpasses current network performances. At 1.02 petabits per second, this feat relies on ...

A mineral discovered in Serbia is intriguing scientists... and Superman fans. Jadarite, nicknamed "real kryptonite", could play a major role in the energy transition. While it doesn't strip any powers ...

Astronomers have recently uncovered nine brown dwarfs, celestial objects often referred to as failed stars. Among them, two represent the smallest ever observed, opening new perspectives on these ...

Avec le télescope spatial James Webb (JWST), une équipe de chercheurs a découvert une population insoupçonnée de trous noirs ...

Les déjections des baleines, riches en nutriments, fertilisent les océans en nourrissant le phytoplancton. Ces ...

La température de l'air la plus élevée jamais enregistrée officiellement est de 56,7 °C. Elle a été mesurée à Furnace Creek, ...