Shredded to cosmic dust: Stunning footage captures comet’s death plunge into the Sun — watch
Nasa heliophysics spacecraft observed the destruction of comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) during its close approach to the Sun…
A Greenland shark is the sort of chap you could go for a pint with – The Irish Times
The narrators of wildlife documentaries will sometimes suggest that odd-looking animals are “the stuff of science fiction”. They…
Newly discovered ocean methane source could fuel warming loop
Scientists have uncovered a previously misunderstood source of methane lurking in the world’s oceans, that could grow more…
Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock | Fossil fuels
Everybody knows fossil fuels cause climate breakdown, but until recently, mention of them was all but erased from…
Reid Wiseman "needed to hug" heat shield engineer – YouTube
Reid Wiseman “needed to hug” heat shield engineer YouTube Space Twitter’s Ad Hoc Heat Shield Analysis NASA Watch After splashdown,…
Early Galaxies Were Surrounded by Huge Clouds of Hydrogen, and Astronomers Found a Whole Bunch!
Based on the most widely accepted models of how the Universe began – Big Bang cosmology and the…
Walrus spotted on Orkney pier for the first time in almost a decade
A walrus has made a surprise appearance in Orkney for the first time in almost ten years. According…
This Sunken Whale Is Hiding a Deep-Sea Secret Scientists Can’t Fully Explain
The find is notable not only for its location, marking the first natural whale fall recorded in Antarctic…
‘Hard to accept’ anger as Cornwall solar farm on 22 fields approved on appeal
Planning inspectorate overturns Cornwall Council’s refusal for 22-field, 40MW renewable energy project after local opposition – and our…
Astronaut Christina Koch on Artemis II and the Outdoors
Published April 16, 2026 04:27PM On April 10, my family and I sat around the kitchen table, eating…