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JWST spots the first known ‘steam world’

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science news​​​​ By  Lisa Grossman    This exoplanet’s atmosphere is going full steam ahead. A planet beyond our solar system called GJ 9827d has an atmosphere composed almost →

A new generation of telescopes will probe the ‘unknown unknowns’ that could transform our knowledge of the universe

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conversation by  Richard Massey     In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes – both on →

Science has finally cracked male riflebirds’ flirty secrets

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science news By  Susan Milius     New video of male riflebirds’ extreme wrist flares and feather noises reveals how these show-offs do their dazzle.     Males of →

The cataclysmic origins of most of Earth’s meteorites have been found

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science news By Robin George Andrews     Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies →

NASA’s Europa mission is a homecoming for one planetary astronomer

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​science news​​​ By Lisa Grossman     Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might host life. →

A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes

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science news By Meghan Rosen     The gene drive DNA can copy and paste itself into the genome of other viruses.     The words “herpes” and “spread” in the same →

Work on protein structure and design wins the 2024 chemistry Nobel

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​science news​​​     The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to David Baker “for computational protein design” and to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper “for protein →

50 years ago, satellites threatened astronomers’ view of the cosmos

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science news By Lisa Grossman    In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA and others successfully avoided conflict with the radio frequency bands reserved for radio →

Coyotes have the face muscles for that ‘sad-puppy’ look

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​science news​​​ By Susan Milius     Coyotes turn out to have face muscles that look capable of making that big-eyed, sad-puppy face that dogs have used to melt human hearts for →

Betelgeuse has a tiny companion star hidden in plain sight

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science news by Lisa Grossman     "Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion.     Two independent →

Scientists may have an explanation for why some batteries don’t last

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science news By  Lauren Leffer     Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries don’t last forever. Over time, they hold onto less charge, eventually transforming from power sources to →

This fish has legs — and it uses them for more than just walking

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​science news​​​ By Erin Garcia de Jesús     It’s a bird! It’s a crab! No, it’s a fish that can taste with its legs.     Some sea robins, a group of fishes →

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