This artistic impression depicts Venus. Credit: ESO (European Southern Observatory)/M. Kornmesser & NASA/JPL/Caltech Whether VenusVenus, the second planet from the sun, is named after the…
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A Billion Years in 40 Seconds Credit: Dr. Andrew Merdith/University of Lyon One of Earth’s unique features is that it has continents. Contrary to many…
Artificial neuron prototype: nanofluidic slits can play the role of ion channels and allow neurons to communicate. Ion clusters achieve the ion transport that causes…
Flowstone formation in the Sala de las Estrellas at Cueva de Ardales (Malaga, Andalusia), with the traces of red pigment analyzed and discussed in the…
Photo of a Romanesco. Credit: © Nathanael Prunet Where does the shape of the Romanesco cauliflower come from? The mystery of the formation of one…
Biological invasions are one of the most important factors of biodiversity loss. They threaten the diversity of ecological strategies – the ways in which species…
Artist’s impression of the internal structure of Mars. Credit: © IPGP / David Ducros Using information obtained from around a dozen earthquakes detected on Mars…
Artist’s view of a black hole-neutron star merger. Credit: © Carl Knox, OzGrav – Swinburne University Gravitational wave detectors have observed a new type of…
Archival photograph illustrating the double grave of individuals JS 20 and JS 21, Jebel Sahaba cemetery. Pencils indicate the position of associated lithic artefacts. Credit:…
General view of the cave site of Panga ya Saidi. Note trench excavation where burial was unearthed. Credit: Mohammad Javad Shoaee The discovery of the…
Electron micrograph of a Concordia micrometeorite extracted from Antarctic snow at Dome C. Credit: © Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat Every year, our planet encounters dust from…
A view from the “Kimberley” formation on Mars taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards the base of Mount Sharp,…
A scientist on the French Antarctic resupply vessel L’Astrolabe drops an XBT probe to measure the temperature of the ocean, to a depth of 800…
At 31 cm in height, 18 cm in diameter (at the widest point) and up to 0.8 cm thick, this conch, which bears witness to…
Artist’s impression of the migration of Titan and the tilt of Saturn. Credit: © Coline SAILLENFEST / IMCCE Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University…
Pictural representation of the molecule-based magnet and its magnetic properties. Credit: Rodolphe Clérac Magnets are to be found everywhere in our daily lives, whether in…
Astrophysicists consider that around 40% of the ordinary matter that makes up stars, planets, and galaxies remains undetected, concealed in the form of a hot…
The Earth is the only planet known to have liquid water on its surface, a fundamental characteristic when it comes to explaining the emergence of…
The central part covers an area of 3200 x 3800 km. White clouds of ammonia can be seen, rotating anticlockwise. Clouds rising as much as…
Artistic view of the strongly interacting exoplanetary system WASP-148. The planet WASP-148c is shown in front. On the back, one can see the planet WASP-148b…