The habitability or possibly habitation of K2-18b, a planet circling a star some 120 light-years away, requires more investigation. While the quest for extraterrestrial life has taken scientists from Martian methane to Venusian phosphine, Earth remains the only confirmed home to living organisms. However, a new study offers what researchers say could be the strongest…
Researchers have uncovered a way for robots of the future to potentially sense human emotions through touch, using the skin’s electrical properties. A recent study published in IEEE Access highlights how skin conductance, a measure of how well the skin conducts electricity, could provide insights into an individual’s emotional state. Changes in skin conductance are…
A massive jet of material shooting out from a black hole located 12 million light-years away has encountered an enigmatic obstacle in space, leaving astronomers intrigued about its nature. This phenomenon was captured in an ultra-deep X-ray image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most detailed X-ray image ever recorded of the Centaurus A galaxy.…
Humans have been captivated by the idea of time travel for millennia, but up until recently, it was only a fictional concept. Though it’s on a small scale, scientists have found proof of actual time travel. Time reversibility during the ageing of materials is a novel study authored by Till Bohmer and Thomas Blochowicz that…
In a discovery that challenges existing understanding of planetary formation, scientists have discovered a massive planet around nine times the mass of Jupiter at a relatively early stage of formation – describing it as still in the womb. The planet, a gas giant orbiting exceptionally far from its young host star, was discovered and studied…
The first living robots, known as xenobots, were constructed by US scientists who claim that they can now reproduce in a way that plants and animals cannot. Xenobots are made from the stem cells of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), from which they get their name. They’re only a millimetre (0.04 inch) wide. After…