It would have been the earliest example of space weather impacting human technology, but an international team of researchers found a slight problem
Read article: Did space weather delay a train in 1841?
Discover how big science is playing its part to tackle the climate crisis
Read article: The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now
The sculpture forms part of Pavel’s sculptural series devoted to figures in science and culture
Read article: Belarusian sculptor unveils artwork honouring US physicist Jim Gates
While energy usage could be met, water would cause some issues
Read article: Moon’s water reserves insufficient to sustain a lunar city, astronomers find
Debate spans atomic and particle physics
Read article: Doubts cast on ‘superradiant neutrino laser’ proposal
Astronomers estimate the decagon-shaped wave may still be evolving
Read article: Astronomers discover unusual 10-sided atmospheric wave on Saturn
Subir Sarkar finds that AI was a hot topic among the over 800 delegates
Read article: AI dominates the 4th International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing
Discussion and debate at the US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Read article: Physics-based simulations could improve earthquake-damage predictions, why aren’t they being used?
Sean G Ryan snaps an astronomical spectacle that captured the public imagination
Read article: The 12 August 2026 partial solar eclipse as seen from the Isle of Wight
Data were taken with the MOTHRA telescope, which is still under construction
Read article: New image captures glowing shock waves in the Helix Nebula
