Essay: Why the US‑China Moon race could turn into a lunar land grab
CHRIS NORTH, in an article first published on The Conversation, says in the new Moon race, space agencies…
Saturn’s Largest Moon May Hold the Resources for a Space Colony
Artist’s rendering of Titan’s interior, with the Cassini spacecraft in orbit and Saturn in the distance. Credit: NASA…
A Florida alligator has been filmed eating an invasive Burmese python in the Everglades, a rare glimpse of a native predator turning the tables
LEFT: Florida alligator; RIGHT: Burmese python | Wikimedia Commons A cyclist moving through Shark Valley in Florida’s Everglades…
A park ranger lowered himself into an Australian canyon expecting to document an ordinary patch of rainforest and found a stand of trees that had been missing from the living world for millions of years
In September 1994, David Noble used ropes to enter a remote sandstone gorge in Wollemi National Park, northwest…
Hubble Sees Crimson Cloud and Stars
Blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a crimson background of glowing gas in this July 3, 2026,…
Gold doesn’t ‘rust.’ Physics explains why
atom: The basic unit of a chemical element. Atoms are made up of a dense nucleus that contains…
Kangaroo with joey shot with arrow at Lake Wallace
Police are investigating how a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch was shot with an arrow on…
Astronauts Have Taken The First Human X‑Rays in Space : ScienceAlert
For more than 65 years, humans have been soaring through space. Since the first spaceflight by cosmonaut Yuri…
Townsville gardener witnesses ‘garbage guts’ tree frog preying on sunbird
Brigitte Szabo was watering her garden at her Townsville home when some movement caught her eye. “A pair…
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed ‘Gus’ sells for nearly $72m
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” has become the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction. The fossil,…
Planes scoop up water from River Seine to battle wildfire near Paris
French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave…
SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit
SpaceX reached a milestone with its latest Starlink launch, sending the satellites into orbit on its 600th flight…