NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface
NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured heat beneath Io’s surface for the first time, finding temperatures rise sharply within just…
Australian start-up automates waste management to help prevent fires in recycling facilities
As Australia’s domestic waste stream becomes more complex, materials recovery facilities face increasingly volatile contaminants. Every week, news…
SpaceX’s IPO is fueling a new wave of space startups and opening markets beyond Earth
SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO did more than turn Elon Musk’s rocket company into one of the world’s most valuable…
Ancient cephalopod fossil reveals earliest known buoyancy system
An octopus can hang motionless in mid-water, neither rising nor sinking. Researchers have now identified the earliest known…
Jefferies analyst calls out ‘simple-minded’ criticism of SpaceX’s governance
Investors who blacklist Space Exploration Technologies Corp. out of governance qualms are too hung up on box-checking and…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave | Spain
The bereaved daughter of a British couple who died in a Spanish wildfire is calling on the foreign…
Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory | Astronomy
More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest…
Sunfish washes up on Abersoch beach after hot weather
Ocean sunfish are found across tropical and temperate waters and they have been recorded swimming across the length…
A mystery virus started killing horses. Then humans. Was this the moment our coronavirus era began? | Infectious diseases
The virus could have appeared in many places on the east coast, but it is a strange coincidence,…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not an island of trash: its plastic averages roughly 50 kilograms spread across each square kilometer, and a 2022 study found 75 to 86 percent of the large floating debris by mass came from fishing gear, not household waste
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is usually pictured as a floating landfill, a raft of bottles and bags…
NASA finds underground heat beneath Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io
Jupiter’s moon Io has never been a quiet place. Its surface is covered with active volcanoes that constantly…