China-led team develops AI system to track radar-disrupting space hurricanes
A China-led team has developed an AI system to detect space hurricanes, a phenomenon in the Earth’s upper…
Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice
This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern…
Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire: All the Similarities Between Bands
Questlove’s stellar new documentary Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That’s the Weight of the World)…
Asteroids may have helped create the conditions for life on early Earth; scientists find |
For decades, asteroid impacts have been seen as forces of pure destruction, the kind that wiped out the…
The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
Using a few mirrors, solar panels and a microwave transmitter, Fan Guanheng and his team can send power…
NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere
NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space…
A space telescope is falling to Earth. NASA plans a mission to rescue it
NASA is planning a daring mission to stave off the death of one of its space telescopes that…
Why no two people ever see the same rainbow: The science behind this beautifaul illusion |
Whenever you spot a rainbow stretching across the sky after a monsoon shower, you think you’re seeing the…
Northern Lights Forecast: 9 States Could See Aurora Amid Geomagnetic Storms
Topline The northern lights could be visible from some northern states on Monday night, according to a forecast…
NASA Satellites Help Map Ocean Nutrient Stress
Editor’s note: This article was updated on June 5. A new study combining NASA satellite observations, ocean surveys,…
Geoscientists Find Vast Fan-Shaped Structure beneath Antarctica’s Ice
By combining seismic, gravity and topographic data, a team of researchers from Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the United…
Early galaxy collisions may explain why giant galaxies died young
A new study suggests that some of the Universe’s earliest giant galaxies may have lived dramatic lives. They…