January 2025

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of coronal loops above an active region on the sun in mid-January 2012. The image …

Armed conflict in Africa may hamper girls’ educational attainment nearby. Credit: Dario Fernandez Ruz, Pexels, CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Across 28 countries in Africa, …

The image shows the difference between an energetic jet emerging from a proton–proton (p–p) collision, where no quark-gluon plasma (QGP) forms, and …

Water is the essence of life. Every living thing on Earth contains water within it. The Earth is rich with life because …

Structural composition of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase CbA5H. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2416233122 Oxygen can destroy hydrogen-producing enzymes. …

There’s plenty of action at the center of the galaxy, where a supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) …

Researchers developed tapered polymer optical fibers that are optimized for delivering light to the brain. A scanning electron microscopy image of one …

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it’s necessary for life and for the formation of …

I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen the Ring Nebula. It’s a favourite amongst stargazers around the globe …

When a new space telescope is launched, it’s designed to address specific issues in astronomy and provide critical answers to important questions. …