Yellowstone supervolcano is colossal, after massive magma chamber discovered
A magma chamber 12 to 28 miles beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano shows it is 4.4 times more massive and vastly deeper than the one...
Mars astronauts could suffer brain damage from galactic cosmic rays
Mars astronauts could risk serious brain damage from galactic cosmic rays - extremely high-energy radiation, mainly originating outside the Solar System – according to...
Hubble Space Telescope 25th birthday celebration with nature’s own fireworks
The Hubble Space Telescope is 25 years old today. On 24th April, 1990, it was launched into low Earth orbit on Space Shuttle Discovery....
Decoded Woolly Mammoth genomes provide clues on how they became extinct
Scientists have decoded the DNA of two Woolly Mammoths, providing further clues on how they became extinct. Before the last woolly mammoth on Earth...
Glitter clouds rather than mirrors make for more nimble orbiting telescopes
Using glitter clouds instead of mirrors for stargazing telescopes would be much cheaper and make for easier-to-deploy orbiting instruments, NASA says. Telescopes could have reflective...
Glitter clouds to take images of new worlds in space, NASA
NASA plans to use clouds of reflective glitter-like particles rather than mirrors to help it find stars and planets beyond our solar system. This...
Apple Watch one month delivery wait as demand soars
Demand for Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first new major product, the Apple Watch, has been so strong that people pre-ordering the new wearable device on...
Chinese exports and imports down 15% and 12.7% in March, alarming economists
Chinese exports were 15% down in March while imports declined by 12.7% compared to the same month in 2014, triggering serious concern that the world’s...
Gibbon whisper ‘hoo’ calls provide clues to human speech evolution
Gibbon whisper ‘hoo’ calls have a number of distinct meanings in response to specific events or types of predators, researchers say, adding that their...
UK economic growth has slowed down, ONS data suggests
According to official data released on Friday, UK economic growth likely slowed down in the first quarter of the year, which could make it...