Mar 19th, 2026 - Reading time 3 minutes In November 2025, a comet began disintegrating into pieces after a heated close encounter with the Sun. In a twist of fate, the Hubble space telescope happened to be observing the comet as it broke apart, capturing its demise in a series of images. "Sometimes the best science happens by accident," John Noonan, a research professor in the Department of Physics at Auburn University in Alabama and co-investigator of the event, said in a statement . "This comet got observed because our original comet was not viewable due to some new technical constraints after we won our ... [Read More]

Mar 18th, 2026 - Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station. It may sound fanciful, but a Los Angeles-based company says it has conceived of a plan to fly out to a smallish, near-Earth asteroid, throw a large bag around it, and bring the body back to a "safe" gathering point near our planet. The company, TransAstra, said Wednesday that an unnamed customer has agreed to fund a study of its proposed "New Moon" mission to capture and relocate an asteroid approximately the size of a house, with a mass of about 100 metric tons. "We envision it becoming a base for robotic ... [Read More]

Mar 18th, 2026 - SARASOTA, Fla. ( ) - Silver artifacts from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck have been donated to the State of Florida, the state announced Tuesday. The 51 silver objects were a gift from the nonprofit 1715 Fleet Society. "These historic items have been added to the state's public collections where they will be made available for exhibit, loan and research for the benefit of all Floridians," Secretary of State Cord Byrd was quoted in a news release. Discovered in 2021 by Capt. Michael Perna and the crew of the Mighty Mo, the objects were recovered from the Anchor Wreck, a shipwreck that was part of ... [Read More]

Mar 18th, 2026 - Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory. Now they've been awarded the highest honor in computer science. Today it's widely acknowledged that the future of computing will involve the quantum realm . Companies like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and a few well-funded startups are frantically building quantum computers and routinely claiming advances that seem to bring this exotic, world-changing technology within reach. In 1979 all of this was unthinkable. But that summer, two scientists met in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Puerto Rico, and their aquatic ... [Read More]

Mar 18th, 2026 - Welcome! Log into your account A password will be e-mailed to you. The Role of Healthy Circulation in Longevity and Overall Wellness The Role of Healthy Circulation in Longevity and Overall Wellness By promoting optimal blood circulation across the lifespan, we can enable a longer life, but also a more active, healthier, and fulfilling life. The body's ability to circulate blood efficiently is central to human health. The circulatory system is a complex, interconnected network that carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and immune cells to every organ and tissue. At the same time, it removes ... [Read More]

Mar 18th, 2026 - Researchers say their prototype is a big step towards fully functioning batteries with rapid charging times Australian scientists have developed what they say is the world's first proof-of-concept quantum battery. Quantum batteries, first proposed as a theoretical concept in 2013, use the principles of quantum mechanics to store energy, and have the potential to be more efficient than conventional batteries. Researchers have now created a prototype – charged wirelessly with a laser – that they believe is a major step towards fully functioning quantum batteries with rapid charging ... [Read More]

Mar 17th, 2026 - Diseases historically absent from the United States have been showing up in Florida, Texas, California and other U.S. states in recent years. To understand why, look to Peru. That's where researchers from Stanford and other institutions analyzed the connection between a cyclone and a massive outbreak of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease that can cause fever, rash, and life-threatening symptoms like hemorrhage and shock. Their findings, published March 17 in One Earth , reveal that warmer, wetter weather linked to climate change is making disease epidemics more likely. "Health ... [Read More]

Mar 17th, 2026 - Higgs boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts Listen to Pallab read this article When the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced in Stockholm in October 2013, the world was watching. Among the names read out was Prof Peter Higgs, the British theorist who, nearly half a century earlier, had predicted the existence of a particle believed to hold the cosmos together – the Higgs boson. The announcement, broadcast live from Sweden, was what many scientists had hoped for since a year earlier, when experiments at CERN had finally confirmed Higgs's theory ... [Read More]