The beauty of bioluminescence is a double-edged sword. Bioluminescent ocean waves, caused by the growth of algae that thrives in ever-warming waters, have drawn crowds in Melbourne, Australia. Droves ...

Albert Einstein may not have been a surfer but he definitely knew a lot about waves; both the kind that can and can’t be surfed. For those of us who didn’t discover the Theory of General Relativity, ...

Queen’s physics researchers are part of a global experiment that will use the Pacific Ocean to study some of the most elusive particles in the universe.

Even after nearly three months of winter, the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere are disturbingly warm. Last summer’s unprecedented temperatures—remember the “hot tub” waters off the coast of ...

Satellites have captured the world’s tallest ocean waves ever from space, breaking all records as reported on October 15, 2025. These observations include the largest ocean storm waves ever seen from ...

If you pay attention to news from beyond Earth – and, as a New Scientist reader, the chances are you do – then you may have heard about hints of life on a faraway planet, or perhaps the news that a ...

Scientists propose a gravitational-wave method called the stochastic standard siren to measure the Hubble constant, offering an independent way to examine the universe’s expansion and the Hubble ...

Cosmic rays are one of the greatest challenges for space travel and pose a considerable risk to humans and materials. For the first time on European soil, an international research team in ...