Bad Physics in Movies: When Hollywood gets science wrong
It's a bird. It's a plane. No... it's Hollywood's bad physics.
Water stripped from Mars’ upper atmosphere may explain how it became a barren Red Planet
For billions of years, Mars has had quite the leak.
![An artist's conception of HD 209458 b, an exoplanet whose atmosphere is being torn off at more than 35,000 km/hour by the radiation of its close-by parent star. This hot Jupiter was the first alien world discovered via the transit method, and the first planet to have its atmosphere studied. [NASA/European Space Agency/Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS)]](https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/247271_web-1-350x250.jpg)
Stellar flares can strip away the atmosphere of planets, make them less habitable
A new study highlights the importance of solar flares and space weather in reducing the habitability of exoplanets.
‘Lonely’ Rogue Planet Discovered Wandering the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a free-floating planet, not associated with any parent star wandering our galaxy.
Giving up the Ghost: Science Takes on the Supernatural
This Halloween, you are invited to spend the evening in a haunted house with a difference. At ZME Manor the...
Water Found on the Moon’s Sunlit Surface
NASA has announced that water is more common on the Moon than previously believed, with traces now discovered at its...
Time Travel Without the Paradoxes
Join ZME Science in its carefully non-copyright infringing time machine with your sidekick ‘Marty’ to see if time travel paradoxes...
A dwarf galaxy may have collided with the Milky Way 3 billion years ago
Shell-like structures in the Milky Way were created when a dwarf galaxy plunged through our galaxy’s heart around 3 billion...
Singularity Minded: The Black Hole Science that Won a Nobel Prize
Sir Roger Penrose has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for his work revolutionising our theories regarding black...
Death By Spaghettification! Astronomers Spot a Star Being Consumed by a Black Hole
This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’
‘Cosmic Web’ of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies
Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to...
Quantum Teleportation: Separating Science Fact from Science Fiction
Quantum teleportation may take its name from its fictional counterpart, but aside from that, it shares few commonalities. Despite this,...
How Stellar Winds of Dying Stars Are Shaped
Astronomers have captured stellar winds emitted by aging stars in unprecedented detail.
Astronomers Investigate Dark Matter’s Missing Ingredient
Small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected, a new study found.
Warped gas disc torn apart by three stars directly observed for the first time
This spectacular three-star system is radically different than our solar system.
Gravitational waves reveal largest black hole merger and the first intermediate-mass black hole
The black hole is the first object of its kind with a mass above 100 solar masses but below a...
Scientists spot space debris in daylight, helping satellites ‘social distance’
Spotting space debris during the day could help save satellites from costly collisions.
Comet NEOWISE Comes into Focus for a Close-up
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning close-up image of comet NEOWISE, which recently captured the public’s imagination becoming...
Rogue Planets Could Outnumber Stars in the Milky Way
We might have to revise the commonly accepted image of planets orbiting a parent star.
Staring at the Sun: The Life and Death of a Very Typical Star
This is the story of our Sun; its past, present, and future.