Scientists say stellar wind from a giant type of star known as a Wolf-Rayet could have created a bubble with a dense shell over the course of millions of years, where dust and gas became trapped before condensing into stars. Supernovae of these stars, which burn the hottest of all stars, are known to produce …

Changing your diet and consuming fewer animal products is a challenge—whether you’re making a lifestyle change to full-blown veganism or simply tweaking your diet to include less meat or dairy, pursuing a plant-based diet may seem impossible in a world of constant temptation. Achieving your health goals is more easily said than done when the …

Killer heat waves will become increasingly prevalent in regions across the globe as warming of the planet continues, climate scientists say. However most projections leave out a major factor, humidity, which could worsen things by greatly magnifying the effects of heat alone. Now, a new global study projects that in coming decades the effects of …

Facebook has introduced a new feature designed to help you identify and protect yourself against fraudulent attempts to steal your data and hijack your account. The social media giant has started listing every email it has “recently” sent to you within the Settings menu on the site. Users will be able to work out whether …

It was a year of endings and beginnings: the plucky Cassini spacecraft’s 13-year-long mission reached its finale, while the fledgling field of gravitational wave astronomy bagged the catastrophic collision of two dead stars. Star crash In 2017, scientists detected Einstein’s gravitational waves from a new source – the collision of two dead stars, or neutron …