John Bird

Primordial magnetic fields could have accelerated the process of recombination—when electrons and protons combined to form atoms—changing the patterns in the cosmic microwave background. phys.org/news/2026-01...

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets Actionable goals are needed to guide the world towards what needs to happen most quickly: shifting economies to clean energy sources.

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New map reveals landscape beneath Antarctica in unprecedented detail Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

A new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent. They found evidence of thousands of previously undiscovered hills and ridges. bbc.com/news/article...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft. science.nasa.gov/missions/xri...

Deep-sea earthquakes fuel huge plankton blooms in Antarctica Hydrothermal vents spurred by seismic activity feed vital nutrients to Antarctic microbes

Deep-sea earthquakes fuel huge plankton blooms in Antarctica | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica Growing more common as climate warms, these once-rare events could ultimately accelerate ice loss

Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

What our missing ocean float revealed about Antarctica’s melting glaciers Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.

What our missing ocean float revealed about Antarctica’s melting glaciers
theconversation.com/what-our-mis...

Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample offers an unprecedented view into Earth's ancient climate. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Destined to melt Glaciers are fighting back against climate change by cooling the air that touches their surfaces. But for how long? The Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has...

Destined to melt | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

The problem with ‘mega-COPs’: can a 50,000-person conference still tackle climate change? Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the COP30 UN climate change conference in Brazil. Can they all be heard?

The problem with ‘mega-COPs’: can a 50,000-person conference still tackle climate change?
theconversation.com/the-problem-...

Antarctica is in extreme peril New research catalogs several “abrupt changes,” like a precipitous loss of sea ice, unfolding in Antarctica with dire implications for us all.

Antarctica is in extreme peril | grist.org/climate/anta...

Why China is leading perovskite solar commercialization Existing solar industry and unique business environment enables fast, cheap scale-up

Why China is leading perovskite solar commercialization cen.acs.org/business/ino...

More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research.

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research. www.wired.com/story/more-e...

The strongest gravitational wave signal yet. GW250114 was detected by both arms of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana USA earlier this year.

A Dragonfly for Titan - Eos A new eight-rotor robotic probe will head to the solar system’s most Earth-like moon. Here’s what its team is doing to prepare.

A Dragonfly for Titan eos.org/features/a-d...

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detect most massive black hole merger to date Scientists have detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves, using the US National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) LIGO Hanford and Livingston Observator...

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detect most massive black hole merger to date | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - NASA A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken

BREAKING NEWS: NASA has found a potential sign of past life on Mars. www.nasa.gov/news-release...

New approach uses observed local supervoid to give expansion of the universe an extra push and solve the Hubble tension phys.org/news/2024-11... via
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Perseid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year.

Perseid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it www.space.com/32868-persei...

New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue in Antarctica

New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue in Antarctica www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...

Scientists may have solved a chemistry mystery about Jupiter's ocean moon Europa. www.space.com/astronomy/ju...

On July 9, 2025, Earth spun faster than usual, enough to make the day 1.6 milliseconds shorter than the standard 24 hours. Add a leap day every 4 years, except: Years divisible by 100, unless they’re also divisible by 400, giving 365.2425 days/year, which is very close to the real 365.2422.

Evidence for a sub-Jovian planet in the young TWA 7 disk  - Nature Using the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument, a study reports evidence for a direct detection of a cold, sub-Jupiter-mass planet in the disk of the star TWA 7. 

For the first time ever, MIRI on JWST discovered an exoplanet by directl imaging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A dedicated search for upward-going air showers at energies >0.1 EeV has been performed using the Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. arxiv.org/abs/2502.04513

Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager at 17.4 nanometres, viewing the Sun from a latitude 11.4° below the equator at a distance of 77 million km.

Model suggests impact of global warming on AMOC has led to increased flooding along US Northeast Coast phys.org/news/2025-05...

Two separate axion-hunting groups have turned their gaze to a new potential source: starburst galaxies physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

Scientists discover a new colour by laser stimulation of only M cones and not L or S, which in principle would send a colour signal to the brain that never occurs in natural vision. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The NSF Solar Telescope in Hawaii, the largest solar telescope globally, with the Visible Tunable Filtergraph (VTF), has taken its first images.The new VTF has an unparalleled combination of imaging, spectral, and polarimetric capabilities.

Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica covers an area about the size of Florida. It has the largest ocean front of any glacier in the world.