Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope…
Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof
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Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new kind of infinity
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Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured by robots
A cockroach with an electronic backpack can be steered remotelyCourtesy of Hirotaka…
Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time
Compounds called pyrenes have been detected in the Taurus molecular cloudESO A…
Mathematicians have found a new way to identify prime numbers
Can you find the primes?ROBERT BROOK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY For the first time…
Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids
Samples from asteroid RyuguJAXA Future astronauts could eat a nutritionally perfect diet…
Planet spotted orbiting Barnard’s star just 6 light years away
Artist’s impression of Barnard’s star b, a planet in orbit around Barnard’s…
Radioactive ion beam could target tumours more precisely
A PET scan of a mouse receiving radioactive ion beam treatment. The…
Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year
Venus may have regular quakes linked to the activity of volcanoes like…
