Atomic fusion has long been seen as the ultimate source of clean energy because of all its advantages over fission, the process that has powered nuclear power plants for nearly eight decades. It’s safer — no chain reactions, no meltdowns. It would leave no long-lasting radioactive waste. And it would use fuels that are cheaper…
When very massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they explode as supernovae, scattering elements like carbon and iron across space. Another, rarer type of explosion happens when two neutron stars, the dense remnants of dead stars, collide. This event, known as a kilonova, produces even heavier elements such as gold and uranium. These…
Shorouk Express In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at why experts have deemed that April’s nationwide outage was unprecedented in Europe, and how heat-related deaths in Spain almost doubled this summer. The power surge that caused paralysing blackouts in Spain and Portugal in April was an unprecedented event in Europe and maybe the world,…
