Here’s where and when to look for Friday’s Aurora Australis
Winter’s run of celestial spectacles isn’t over just yet. A fresh solar storm is forecast to reach Earth…
Wildfires in France and Greece leave at least two people dead
Authorities have urged residents of two villages in central Greece to evacuate as more than 135 firefighters battle…
A tiny “quasi-moon” called Kamoʻoalewa shadows Earth’s orbit and may be a piece of the actual Moon blasted into space by an ancient impact — and China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now closing in to bring a sample back to Earth.
Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa loops along…
The unsettling possibility raised by quantum gravity is that time may not be a basic ingredient of reality. It may be something that emerges only inside the universe, from entanglement, entropy, and relationships between physical systems — while the deeper quantum structure underneath may have no ticking clock at all.
The unsettling possibility in quantum gravity is not just that our clocks might be inaccurate. It is that…
“It kills prey by wrapping around its body and squeezing until the victim has a heart attack…” The 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world, located in Southeast Asia. Around half of the island…
Farewell to Sentinel-1A, with a last look at Melbourne
An artist’s impression of the Sentinel-1A synthetic aperture radar satellite. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab Europe’s Sentinel-1A synthetic aperture radar…
What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings…
Drive Slower, Save Money on Gas. Thanks, Physics!
How much does your mileage vary with speed? Every car is different, but the US Department of Energy…
Florida alligator attack: It’s time we admitted an uncomfortable truth about gators.
In the luxe suburbs of northern Tampa, schoolchildren zip down empty streets on candy-colored scooters. Grills crackle to…
How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have taken a new look at Earth’s violent beginnings and found that…
Dan Ives Just Gave Elon Musk and SpaceX Some Great News
Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX) and its record-setting IPO have arguably been the biggest story in the stock market…
390 gravitational wave detections reveal hidden population of black holes
Scientists at the University of Glasgow are celebrating the release of a massive new catalog of gravitational wave…