Latest articles by Ben Turner
'Incredibly exciting': NASA claims it's found the 'clearest sign' yet of past life on Mars
NASA scientists have found more intriguing details on speckled Martian rocks spotted by the Perseverance rover. But bringing samples back to Earth will be key.
Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light — and they could one day appear on $100 bills
The visible patterns produced by the time crystals could be used for data storage and anti-counterfeiting designs.
Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience
Science news this week Sept. 6, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX’s Starship nails a test flight
Science news this week Aug. 30, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
10th time lucky! SpaceX's Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacks
SpaceX's Starship rocket has finally reversed its fortunes.
Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus
Science news this week Aug. 23, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Uranus has a new, hidden moon, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
Uranus' 29th moon was hidden inside the planet's dark inner rings, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.
Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process
Exposure to a sunlight-activated catalyst broke down 99% of a forever chemical, leaving behind recyclable fluoride.
Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing
Science news this week Aug. 16, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Paperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century, study claims
An astrophysicist has made a daring proposal to send a nano-sized spacecraft to the heart of a black hole.
How 'flying boats' are bringing EVs to the ocean — with the help of LeBron James and Tom Brady
A new electric motorsport championship is making an ambitious pitch to bring electric engines to the ocean — and Will Smith, LeBron James and Tom Brady are along for the ride.
Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it
Science news this week Aug. 9, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Scientists reveal how viruses hidden in our DNA control our genes
A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.
What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded?
Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.
515-mile-long lightning bolt that spanned 5 states is the longest on record
A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.
Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show
A new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy.
Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests
A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.
'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event
A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.
Google has turned 2 billion smartphones into a global earthquake warning system — it's as effective as seismometers, tests show
Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold across 98 countries.
James Webb telescope spies 2 dying stars spilling their guts
Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars spewing their innards at each other.
Building blocks of life may be far more common in space than we thought, study claims
Complex organic molecules found floating around a distant protostar could mean that space is far richer in life's precursors than scientists assumed.
Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun
New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ever. It could lead to evidence of an extremely rare type of black hole.
100 undiscovered galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, supercomputer simulations hint
Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.
