Analysis of an experimental tidal turbine in Washington state recorded no collisions with seals or birds. Underwater turbines ...

This composite image features X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared data of the luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT) named AT 2024wpp. The transient is the bright spot at the upper ...

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ultraviolet light that gradually fade away, leaving behind faint X-ray and ...

Astronomers have captured an unusual ballet: a star, torn apart by the titanic forces of a supermassive black hole, exhibits rhythmic oscillations in its orbit that do not match the classical models ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar explosion — or any other type of normal stellar explosion." When you purchase ...

Something in space is sending us brief, very bright blasts of blue light – and scientists might finally have a clue to what they are. The phenomenon, known as luminous fast blue optical transients or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...