Nearly imperceptible quantum flickers used to limit how precisely we could detect the way space-time ripples, but squeezing the laser light used in detectors overcomes this and doubles the number of gravitational waves we can see

See the world's best space images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 award

Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or the other star in a pair

What Do They Say?

The following pairs of words can be unscrambled to make two words that go together, like "this & that." All pairs follow the same theme. Can you determine what they say?


DARK BOG = ______ + ______
COW MEAT = ______ + ______
ASHES SINK = ______ + ______
BRANDY YOKE = ______ + ______


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We're trying to avert Judgment Day yet again – this time in an anime series for Netflix. But striking visuals can't make up for shortcomings in narrative and character development

As the space industry evolves, we need a new set of international regulations to decide who is responsible for safety, the number of satellites in space, and more

A new design for a nuclear battery that generates electricity from the radioactive decay of americium is unprecedentedly efficient

Spanning 23 million light years, or 220 Milky Way galaxies, a set of giant, newly discovered black hole jets known as Porphyrion may change our understanding of black holes and the structure of the universe

An artificial intelligence model that can identify the calls of eight whale species is helping researchers track the elusive whale behind a perplexing sound in the Pacific

An extrathymic AIRE expression system uncovered a deep intronic AIRE variant that causes APECED and can be targeted with antisense oligonucleotides.

Preschool-age children mount a different adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 than adults.

Radiation dose heterogeneity promotes systemic antitumor immunity through induction of diverse immune activation pathways.

ARGX-119 is a first-in-class MuSK agonist monoclonal antibody in clinical development for treatment of neuromuscular diseases.

Ultrasound perfusion metrics are correlated with acute spinal cord injury severity in rats and humans.

Antibody profiling and machine learning provide insight into the underlying pathophysiology of schistosome infection stages.

The second-closest planet to the sun is more geologically active than we thought and could have more than 17,000 venusquakes a year

Riddle Me Not

I can be huge.
Or unusually small.
Kids use me daily.
Makes tales that are tall.

I can be real.
Or just a nice dream.
If you just use this thing.
Real - anything could seem.

I could be a monster.
Or an invention of times.
You can use me to think of ideas.
Or plot out huge crimes.

Without me, you're dull.
Just don't even try.
I just have one more thing left.
Do you know who am I?


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A quantum computing protocol makes it possible to extract energy from seemingly empty space, teleport it to a new location, then store it for later use

Archaeologists are using AI and US spy satellite imagery from the cold war to find ancient underground aqueducts that helped humans survive in the desert

Artificial intelligence has more in common with ants than humans, says Neil Lawrence. Only by taking a more nuanced view of intelligence can we see how machines will truly transform society