James Webb telescope finds something ‘very exciting’ shooting out of first black hole ever imaged
New images from the James Webb telescope have captured previously unseen details of the gargantuan jets shooting out of the famous black hole M87* — the first-ever black hole to be directly imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope. The new James Webb Space Telescope...
REM sleep may reshape what we remember
The amount of REM sleep you get may influence which details of your memories remain in storage, a new brain study suggests. Previous research had found that sleep helps fortify our memories, but the question of how it shapes the contents of these memories has been...
X-ray predicting AI could transform care – study
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can predict what a knee X-ray will look like in the future could transform how millions of patients with osteoarthritis are treated, researchers have said. Researchers at the University of Surrey said the developed...
AI couldn’t picture a woman like me – until now
When Jess Smith uploaded a photo of herself into an AI image generator this summer, she wasn't expecting a social experiment. The former Australian Paralympic swimmer wanted to vamp up her headshot and uploaded a full-length photo of her and prompted it really...
Pupils struggle to spot untrue AI content – report
The vast majority of teenagers use artificial intelligence in their schoolwork but many struggle to spot misinformation, a report has suggested. More than 2,000 pupils aged 13 to 18 were asked by Oxford University Press (OUP) how they regarded AI. Just over half said...
ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, says OpenAI boss
NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping ‘realignment’ of workforce
Approximately 550 employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made on the agency's website on Monday (Oct. 13). The news comes in the midst of an ongoing U.S. government shutdown and the looming threat of the...
Getting even bigger: What’s next for SpaceX’s Starship after Flight 11 success
The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is about to get even larger. On Monday (Oct. 13), SpaceX launched the 11th test flight of its Starship megarocket, sending the 403-foot-tall (124 meters) vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas. The...
Solar wind tears a chunk from Comet Lemmon’s tail in incredible new astrophotography images
Astrophotographer Brennan Gilmore has captured spectacular views of the solar wind stripping a vast section from C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)'s tail, as the icy wanderer continues to brighten ahead of its close approach to Earth on Oct. 21. Comet Lemmon has brightened...
Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really ‘crash’ in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight
A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting experiment on board, got a little confused after touchdown. When...