A new paper from an international team of physicists has outlined the possibility that we may be able to detect the gravitational waves that spill out of a malfunctioning warp drive—provided a spacetime-bending craft belonging to one of our interstellar neighbors happens to be nearby—using technology that is already lookingread more
Ever since the discovery of the ancient crater left over from the massive impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, researchers have sought to uncover the origin of the meteor that heralded the extinction of more than three-fifths of life on Earth: was it an asteroid thatread more
A rare temperature spike in the atmosphere high above Antarctica is threatening to split the southern polar vortex, bringing with it the potential for extreme weather events across the Southern Hemisphere. In July 2024, a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event was detected in the skies above the Southern Ocean that surroundsread more
One of the world’s most ancient works of cave art appears to be even older than originally assumed, according to a new analysis of the ancient mural found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, offering profound implications regarding the cognitive and social development of one of our fellow hominids. Additionally,read more