Earth’s radio bubble marks how far our signals have traveled
This image shows how far Earth’s radio broadcasts traveled across our Milky Way galaxy. No, not the width…
Scientists Find Ancient Air Bubbles in 1.4 Billion-Year-Old Salt Crystals
Researchers have found ancient gases and fluids trapped in 1.4-billion-year-old halite crystals from northern Ontario, Canada. Their analyses…
NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025
With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II…
Killer whales and dolphins hunt together in a rare alliance
Killer whales and dolphins have been spotted hunting together. Here’s a dolphin (top) with a pod of northern…
This moss survived in space for 9 months
Meet a spreading earthmoss known as Physcomitrella patens. It’s frequently used as a model organism for studies on…
This ‘Wet Lava Ball’ in Space Somehow Clings to an Atmosphere
Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet with an atmosphere outside the solar system,…
Chinese scientists discover how Earth’s deep mantle water made planet habitable
This image taken by onboard monitoring cameras of the ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) on Aug 20,…
MAVEN suddenly goes silent around Mars: Inside NASA’s effort to bring spacecraft back |
What made the event especially noticeable is that the mission is a primary source of information on the…
Europa’s Spider-Like Feature is Analogous to Earth’s Lake Stars, Planetary Researchers Say
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world that is a prime candidate in the search for potential…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…
Sumatran tiger sightings triple on Indonesian island
In this snapshot from a camera trap on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a resident female Sumatran tiger…
Earth dimming accelerates climate change as sunlight reflection declines
Airborne pollution in northern cities has fallen rapidly thanks to stricter air-quality rules in North America, Europe and…