The Franco-Chinese space mission SVOM has just entered a new phase: after nine months of testing, the satellite is officially ready to operate at full capacity. Its main objective? Observing the most ...

The cells responsible for the majority of cancer-related deaths are those capable of spreading throughout the body: metastatic cells. Highly resistant to current treatments, they often survive ...

Protons play a central role in energy production within cells. A team of researchers has discovered that their movement is influenced by electron spin, a quantum property. This interaction occurs in ...

The Perseverance rover has just written a new chapter in space history by capturing an unprecedented phenomenon. For the first time, auroras have been photographed from the surface of another planet ...

A team of researchers proposes a surprising origin for dark matter. Their model draws inspiration from the remarkable properties of superconductors to explain this cosmic mystery. According to this ...

Jeremy Darling from the University of Colorado Boulder proposes an original approach to measure the gravitational wave background. These cosmic vibrations, particularly resulting from collisions of ...

The earliest galaxies may have scrambled our reading of the Universe. A new study challenges the traditional interpretation of the cosmic microwave background, this fossil light from the Big Bang.

Scientists believed that Venus' crust was continuously thickening, in the absence of mechanisms like plate tectonics. However, a publication in Nature Communications proposes a new model based on rock ...

An American teenager developed a serious lung disease after secretly vaping for three years. This case highlights the little-known risks of flavored e-cigarettes. The disease, known as "popcorn lung," ...

Life on Earth reached a decisive turning point about 2.6 billion years ago. An international team of researchers has just demonstrated how the emergence of complex cells, called eukaryotes, profoundly ...

Astronomers may have identified a rare binary star system where one star orbits within the volume of its companion. This discovery opens a new window into the evolution of double star systems. The ...

Lightning, with its extreme temperatures, is capable of transforming atmospheric gases into prebiotic compounds. These molecules are essential for the emergence of life, as may have been the case on ...