Latest articles by Ben Turner
Astronomers detect a bright-blue bridge of stars, and it's about to blow
Astrophysicists think a newly discovered region of the Milky Way could provide hints about the evolution of our galaxy and its potentially violent past.
Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an 'extra' dimension of time
The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.
A 'potentially hazardous' blue-whale-size asteroid will zip through Earth's orbit on Friday
A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a blue whale is set to zip past Earth on Friday (Aug. 12).
Solar storm from hole in the sun will hit Earth on Wednesday (Aug. 3)
Holes in the sun can beam out solar material at 500 miles per second.
Strange 'alien' holes discovered on the ocean floor
Explorers have discovered a series of mysterious, "perfectly aligned" holes punched into the seafloor roughly 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometers) beneath the ocean.
A 25-ton Chinese rocket booster will crash to Earth today. What's the risk?
The core stage of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth today in a reentry that China is tracking closely.
Earth's crust is dripping 'like honey' into its interior under the Andes
Earth's crust is dripping "like honey" into our planet's hot interior beneath the Andes mountains, scientists have discovered.
China's 'alien' signal almost certainly came from humans, project researcher says
Despite the false alarm, SETI researchers are still pretty sure we're not alone in the universe.
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is hemorrhaging ice faster than in the past 5,500 years
Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future.
Chinese scientists call for plan to destroy Elon Musk's Starlink satellites
Microwave jammers, mini-satellites and space lasers could all be used to scuttle Starlink .
Footage of hypersonic metallic UFO shown by Pentagon officials at historic hearing
Pentagon officials speaking at the first public hearing on UFOs since the 1960s have shown previously classified footage of an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP).
Why have aliens never visited Earth? Scientists have a disturbing answer
Aliens could be forced to give up cosmic expansion to avoid catastrophe.
World's most powerful heavy-ion collider to go online this week
The collider cost $730 million and is many decades in the making
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid twice the size of the Empire State Building will skim past Earth Thursday, NASA says
A gigantic "potentially hazardous" asteroid that may be twice the size of the Empire State Building is set to zoom past Earth Thursday (April 28), according to NASA.
The sun has blasted Mercury with a plasma wave
The wave likely scoured the surface of the weakly magnetic planet.
Strange new type of solar wave defies physics
Scientists think this could also help to explain mysterious phenomena on Earth.
Scientists capture image of bizarre 'electron ice' for the first time
Wigner crystals have been theorized for more than 80 years, but this is the first time the elusive crystals have been captured in an image.
Satellite images show fires and rubble in Mariupol after devastating Russian attack
Over 2,500 civilians have been killed in the 10 days of the city's siege, Ukrainian officials say.
Mysterious new substance possibly discovered inside Earth's core
Earth's inner core may be filled with a weird substance that is neither solid nor liquid, according to a new study.
Record-breaking winds blast Europe in the worst storm in decades
Although the storm is severe, scientists caution against linking it with climate change.
NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours
The addition of two southern hemisphere telescopes will enable ATLAS to do full sky scans.
'X particle' from the dawn of time detected inside the Large Hadron Collider
The particle was found by smashing billions of lead atoms into each other at extreme speeds.
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon could have a secret underground ocean
Scientists have found "compelling evidence" that Saturn's "Death Star" moon is hiding an ocean just beneath its surface, furthering the search for possible life in our solar system.
