Artist’s illustration of the large-scale structure of the universeScience Photo Library/Alamy Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the universe. It is 1.4 billion light years across and contains nearly 70 galactic superclusters. It is also hundreds of thousands...
Humpback whales in the South PacificTony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are...
Sunset in San Diego, California, during an exceptionally warm JanuaryKevin Carter/Getty Images January has surprised climate scientists by setting a...
The translucent toes of a wandering salamanderWilliam P. Goldenberg How salamanders manage to move around on uneven, vertical tree surfaces...
The XB-1 supersonic aircraftBoom Supersonic The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed...
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burnSan Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in the...
Caroline Tompkins/Refinery29 for Getty Images When trying to form a healthy habit, it usually helps to be conscious. So it...
Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 JanuaryBloomberg / Getty...
A satellite orbits the planetShutterstock / Andrei Armiagov Over the past couple years, undersea cables from the Baltic Sea to...
As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one that doesn’t always make a great deal of...
