Blood rain culprit strange microalgae, not a punishment
A blood rain downpour in the autumn of 2014, that shocked the inhabitants of several villages around Zamora in northwest Spain, was caused by a...
Most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known discovered, NASA
Scientists have discovered the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known. It is also the first gamma-ray pulsar to be found in a galaxy other than our...
Great tits in love prefer to starve than be separated
Great tits in love have a bond that would be the envy of most human couples. They prefer to go without food rather than...
5400 mph winds found on exoplanet, 20x greater than anything on Earth
An exoplanet with 5400 mph winds - which is seven times the speed of sound, or twenty times faster than anything ever recorded on Earth - has...
Ultra-porous liquid with may be our carbon capture solution
An ultra-porous liquid that absorbs incredible quantities of gas in its tiny holes, invented by an international team of researchers, could become our solution...
After mass extinction little fishes call the shots, large animals lose out big time
After a mass extinction, such as the Hangenberg Event 359 million years ago, the oceans were dominated by significantly smaller fish for several tens...
Earth had water from day one – it did not come from comets and...
The Earth had water from day one, it was not brought here by comets and meteorites, as many space scientists and geologists have suggested,...
Giant Greenland glacier crumbling – could raise sea by 18 inches
A giant Greenland glacier - Zachariae Isstrom – that holds enough water to raise sea levels globally by at least 18 inches, has become...
Asteroid ripped to shreds by dead star, image captured by astrophysicists
An asteroid being ripped to shreds by a dead star (white dwarf) and forming a ring of dust and glowing debris around it has...
Lovestruck great tits starve before leaving their mate
Lovestruck great tits would rather starve than fly away from their mate and find something to eat, researchers from the University of Oxford have found...