Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human family tree.

Using Event Horizon Telescope observations of M87's black hole from 2017, 2018 and 2021, "astronomers have found some changes in this now iconic image that could be caused by variations in the ...

This is The Capital Compass. Today we’re heading to one of Africa’s most prolific gold districts — the Lake Victoria Gold Fields — to take a closer look at Cameo Resources (CSE:MEO) and its Katoro ...

An archaic DieHard device has seemingly died hard; is hacking it to resurrect a portion of its original function a worthwhile endeavor?

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

When we think of powerful magnets used in particle accelerators or for NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), we often envision bulky machines, sometimes the size of buildings. But in an extraordinary ...

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

A Minneapolis-based startup is searching for a site to build a 1.6 million-square-foot plant that would employ over 700 ...

A new study explains how some supernovae are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case ...

Astronomers have identified the first clear evidence of a magnetar forming during a superluminous supernova, offering new insight into some of the brightest explosions in the universe.