A newly discovered star is so large, bright, and strange that its appearance could be pointing us towards a clump of dark matter in the sky. Named Mothra by its discoverers, it seems bizarrely...
Scientists have stumbled upon an extraordinary ‘living drug’ in the bloodwork of a late-stage cancer survivor. A year after receiving “the biggest development in cancer therapy” in over 50 years, this patient’s body was...
A massive galaxy has created a rare distortion in the path of light that has traveled billions of years to reach us from a more distant galaxy. It’s called an Einstein cross – when...
The galaxy can throw some odd curveballs, but an exoplanet discovered 1,232 light-years away is one of the oddest yet. It’s WASP-193b, and while it’s nearly 50 percent bigger than Jupiter, it’s so light...
Doctors have long used pupil response to gauge levels of consciousness, and those of us on common antidepressants may have noticed the saucer-eyed look in response to increased levels of serotonin floating around our...
Two giant prehistoric hand axes, one of which is about a foot long, have been uncovered in deep Ice Age sediments in the south of England. The 300,000-year-old tools, slabs of flint chipped on...
Meteor-like fireballs in the atmosphere of the Sun rain down like showers of shooting stars during the phenomenon of coronal rain, scientists have found. However, rather than the detritus of passing comets or asteroids,...
If you’re an evil genius supervillain looking to freak out your enemy with a big messy space kablooie, here’s a novel way to do it. Smack a couple of ancient star remnants together right...
For the first time, scientists have found evidence that female crocodiles can lay eggs without mating, using a strange reproductive strategy that may have its evolutionary roots in the age of the dinosaurs. In...
A refined hunt for the extremely rare transformation of the Higgs boson has delivered results, providing the first evidence of a process that could hint at unknown particles. Reconciling the results of several years’...