NOAA issues geomagnetic storm watch as CMEs head toward Earth — northern lights possible Aug. 27-28
Aurora chasers are on alert after NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm…
NSF Awards Yale-Led Center $37.5M for Quantum Error Correction Research
Insider Brief Yale will lead a $37.5 million NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute focused on developing practical approaches…
The fight to save the Ganges shark and its last refuge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing…
Researchers Develop Quantum Memories for Long-Distance Networks
Insider Brief The University of Strathclyde is leading a three-year, €2 million EU-funded project to develop quantum memories…
We finally have some encouraging news on Great Barrier Reef water quality
Imagine a plume of brown sediment is washed off the land into Queensland rivers and carried out to…
Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates — 1 day to go
2026-08-26T07:17:07.764Z Can’t see the lunar eclipse from where you are? Watch it live online Catch the lunar eclipse…
Quantum Computers Could Give Scientists a New Way to Explore The Hidden Behavior of Matter
Insider Brief Researchers developed a generalized quantum computational spectroscopy method that uses quantum computers to study complex systems…
The twisted chemistry of Narwhal tusks | Research
Narwhal tusks grow in a distinctive helical structure because of the underlying molecular-scale arrangement of mineralised collagen. The…
LETTER: Use fossil fuels to build renewable energy economy
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Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
Scientists have found a new explanation for why Antarctica became covered in ice millions of years before the…
ASTS, RKLB, SPCX, LUNR Chase An August Win: What SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Wind-Down Means For Space Stocks
Firefly’s Alpha and Eclipse rockets are also positioned to benefit from the launch shortage. AST SpaceMobile could gain…
Electrical manipulation and detection of perpendicular altermagnetic order via a proximitized Dirac semimetal
Miron, I. M. et al. Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection. Nature…