Endangered freshwater mussels brought back to Canadian waters for 1st time
Hundreds of endangered mussels were released in the Medway Creek, which connects to the Thames River, in London,…
Four dead stars have been confirmed within 65 light-years of Earth, hidden for decades in the glare of the brighter red dwarfs they orbit
Four white dwarfs, the burned-out cores left when Sun-like stars die, have been directly confirmed for the first…
How does a moon 1.4 billion kilometres from the Sun end up with rivers, rain and lakes, but not a single drop of water in any of them?
I had never noticed how completely I equated weather with water until I began reading about Titan. Rain…
Maritimes could work together to make hydro cheaper for people
Three Atlantic provinces are considering the creation of a new Maritime electricity system operator. The commitment is part…
Total Solar Eclipse Sets Up Stunning Perseid Meteor Shower Peak
Topline One of the rarest combinations of celestial events in years is now less than three weeks away.…
Mathematician Offers New Solution to a Fundamental Cosmic Paradox
A thermodynamic analysis of spacetime also points to an unexpected role for emergent dark energy and hints that…
Deep inside polar craters on Mercury, sunlight has never once fallen — and NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft confirmed in 2012 that those permanently shadowed floors hold ancient water ice, sitting metres from terrain hot enough to melt lead
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. At its equator in daytime, the surface can reach about…
Two-Thirds of Global Mining Facilities Face Significant Water Risk, ICMM Warns
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s mining and metals facilities are exposed to at least one significant physical water…
Amendment 66: B.2 Heliophysics Foundational Research Step-2 Due Date Announced and Correction
B.2 Heliophysics Foundational Research (HFR) solicits investigations that advance the fundamental physical understanding of the Sun-Heliosphere-Planetary system. The…
In 1991, a single subatomic particle struck Earth carrying the kinetic energy of a fast-bowled cricket ball — tens of millions of times more than any human accelerator can give one proton — and physicists still cannot explain what launched it
Fifty joules does not sound like an astronomical amount of energy. It is roughly the kinetic energy of…
One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires
Climate change has now become a problem for the whole solar system. On Friday, wildfires in Spain overran…
Human Impact on Island Biodiversity: New Study Reveals How People Reshaped Species Richness and Extinction Patterns
The paper also argues that many biodiversity patterns observed today – such as species richness, endemism and ecological…