Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists…
The Fastest Star in the Milky Way Will Test Relativity
When astronomers studying the Milky Way’s center found a group of stars orbiting the center very rapidly, it…
In 1968, a fire destroyed a naturalist’s isolated home and killed his otter; he moved to a tiny island to build a wildlife sanctuary | World News
Skye Bridge on Eilean Bàn. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In January 1968, naturalist and author Gavin Maxwell lost…
NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge
The Orbital Clarity Challenge – the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series – is a collaborative effort…
Coffee Price Retreat as Brazil’s Coffee Harvest Accelerates
Coffee beans in canvas sack by Bragin Alexey via Shutterstock September arabica coffee (KCU26) is down -5.60 (-1.54%)…
Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way | Astronomy
Astronomers have detected the fastest known star in the Milky Way, hurtling around the supermassive black hole at…
Physicists Think They’ve Discovered a New Type of Quantum Matter
Quantum mechanics is all about explaining the weirdest, most unlikely aspects of our reality, including oddities we might…
Scuba diver filmed dazzling jellyfish in Thailand. What she spotted attached to it amazed her more
In 2023, an underwater videographer shared the incredible moment a tiny crab hitched a ride on a jellyfish “Who needs a…
I Write About Dinosaurs for a Living. I’ve Never Seen Dinos Quite Like the Ones in Anne Hathaway’s New Movie. – Slate
I Write About Dinosaurs for a Living. I’ve Never Seen Dinos Quite Like the Ones in Anne Hathaway’s…
NASA Revises Plans for Swift Boost Mission
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, shown in this artist’s concept, has orbited Earth for more than 20 years,…
Human remains again found at Lake Mead as water levels drop amid drought | Nevada
Human remains have once again been discovered at Lake Mead outside Las Vegas, Nevada, marking the latest in…
This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy : NPR
This image traces the orbital paths of all known stars orbiting the massive black hole at the center…