Toxic metal on the rise in the Baltic Sea

Thallium, one of the most toxic heavy metals on Earth, is more abundant in the Baltic…

Fungi break down ocean plastic

A fungus that lives in the ocean can break down plastic polyethylene when it is first…

A Roman telescope’s search for primordial black holes

The upcoming Roman Space Telescope may reveal a new class of „featherweight” black holes that challenge…

Astronomers detect flares, probe echoes of monster supermassive black hole lurking at Milky Way’s center | Science News

Whenever the monster at the center of the Milky Way feasts on material surrounding the supermassive…

„Cosmic Dance of Fire and Ice”

The star system is located 3,400 light years away. The European Space Agency (ESA) shared a…

Space debris in galaxies? The new initiative could create 'significant’ awareness

In recent years, congestion in orbital space has been steadily growing. This affects astronomers’ ability to…

Earth May Have Been Exposed to Interstellar Anomaly Millions of Years Ago: Science Alert

Scientists search the earth and sky for clues to our planet’s climate history. Powerful and sustained…

Novel photocatalyst enables efficient ester reduction with blue light

Multielectron reduction of esters photocatalyzed by N-BAP. Credit: Shintaro Okumura The sweet smell of strawberries and…

Radioactive sediments may have formed Earth’s cratons

Because the Earth is constantly being squeezed by plate tectonics, most of the rocks on the…

USC researchers demonstrate that Earth’s core is losing momentum

The inner core began decelerating in 2010, moving slower than Earth’s surface. Credit: USC A new…