DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth. | Quanta Magazine

The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other…

NASA discovers possible signs of alien life on Saturn’s moon

Cassini spacecraft found methane on enceladus, which cannot be explained by any known geochemical processes. This…

This Is What It Means If You Got Pfizer & Had No Side Effects, Study Says

Pfizer recipients often had no or very mild side effects. Now, a new study sheds some…

Newly found mega comet may be the largest seen in recorded history

Comet is called comet c/2014 un271 or bernardinelli-bernstein. Icy body has a diameter of 62 miles…

Mind-Blowing ‘Inflatable’ Spinal Cord Implant Could Make Chronic Pain Relief Widely Available

Scientists have revealed a fascinating new design for an incredibly tiny, inflatable spinal cord implant, suited…

Is reality a game of quantum mirrors? A new theory suggests it might be

‘Reality, including ourselves, is nothing but a thin and fragile veil’: a new interpretation of quantum…

Hubble’s Main Computer Is Offline, And NASA Is Desperately Attempting to Fix It

The Hubble Space Telescope is currently offline. Read more at ScienceAlert…

Gigantic meteorite impact in Ukraine dated to 65 million years ago

Everyone’s familiar with the demise of the dinosaurs thanks to a massive asteroid that slammed into…

Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to Earth, book claims

Details about one of the US space program’s darkest moments are revealed in “The Burning Blue:…

Plasma wind tunnel annihilates satellite model in atmospheric reentry test

Satellite parts that melt away during reentry reduce the risk of space debris impacts on Earth.…

Earth’s fifth ocean just confirmed

The earth has finally attained popular recognition for its fifth ocean. A decision by the national…

A Single Telescope Has Detected Hundreds of Mysterious Radio Signals From Space

In just its first year of operations, a Canadian radio telescope has quadrupled the number of…

Line of galaxies is so big it breaks our understanding of the universe

An arc of galaxies stretching for 3.3 billion light years seems to contradict a core tenet…

Scientists Discover Exactly How COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc on Human Lungs

New structure shows how virus envelope protein hijacks cell-junction protein and promotes viral spread; findings could…

Space Debris Has Hit And Damaged The International Space Station

The inevitable has occurred. A piece of space debris too small to be tracked has hit…

The best dark matter map to date raises questions about the universe | Engadget

Scientists have released the most precise map of dark matter to date, but it only serves…

Theoretical physicist Chiara Marletto: ‘The universal constructor could revolutionise civilisation’

The scientist on why studying elementary particles is only one way of explaining phenomena, how the…

Physicists Have Broken The Speed of Light With Pulses Inside Hot Plasma

Sailing through the smooth waters of vacuum, a photon of light moves at around 300 thousand…

An AI has disproved five mathematical conjectures with no human help

An artificial intelligence has disproved five mathematical conjectures, despite not being equipped with any information about…

What if The Heart of The Milky Way Isn’t Actually a Black Hole Like We Thought?

We sort-of take it for granted that there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of…