The massive exoplanet TOI-2109b collides with its star and breaks apart. (Image credit: NASA Weiss) A giant planet caught in a deadly spiral around its star may lift the veil on some of the mysteries of star systems. However, the…
Researchers have found a significant number of whale bones on Vilcheka Island, located in the far north of Russia. (Photo: Nikita Demidov, AARI, Alexander Ermolov) Scientists have discovered that a glacier in the Russian Arctic is retreating at an astonishing…
A peatland in the Peruvian Amazon will be carbon neutral in 2022, according to a new study. (Image credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images) A palm peat swamp in the Peruvian Amazon, which typically absorbs more carbon than it releases each year,…
A new study suggests that giant terror birds could have become prey if they weren't careful around bodies of water. (Photo: Julian Bayona Becerra/Biology Letters) Fossilised bite marks suggest there may have been a spectacular fight between a giant terror…
Robots That Grow By Eating Other Robots – YouTube Continue browsing Scientists have developed a prototype robot that can grow, repair itself and improve itself by using materials from the environment or by “absorbing” other robots. The researchers say it…
The Earth's rotation has increased in recent decades, leading scientists to speculate about the introduction of the first ever negative leap second. (Image credit: Gearstd/Getty Images) The Earth is spinning so fast that the world's timekeepers are considering doing something…