New Horizons mission wakens to explore solar system fringes
A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its…
Canadian wildfires never caused US skies to turn orange in the past. Here’s what changed
Cities across Canada, the U.S. Midwest and East Coast are currently under thick blankets of wildfire smoke. In…
A laser disappears into the Milky Way’s heart photo of the day for July 16, 2026
The Gemini South Observatory shoots out a beam of light. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek) A laser…
In the 1980s, Guam’s kingfisher vanished from the wild after invasive snakes devastated the island’s birds: The last 29 were rescued and four new chicks are now helping rebuild the species |
The Guam Kingfisher is known as the “sihek” in Chamorro, the native language of the Marianas Archipelago and…
Can rockets ride on a microwave beam? A radical launch idea is moving beyond the lab
Every rocket that leaves Earth must lift not only its payload, but also the enormous supply of propellant…
Arctic Sea Ice Day: 5 facts about an at-risk, valuable climate asset
With the Arctic on the front lines of climate change because of its accelerating sea ice loss, July…
SpaceX sell-off could worsen as lockup restrictions lift on $123-billion of shares
Open this photo in gallery: Starship 40 rolls out of the SpaceX production facility toward the launch pad…
Visitation Today for the Late Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Dr. Bill Montevecchi (via The Gazette in 2020) The provincial government is offering its condolences on the…
Uhackatik crater in Canada – The Planetary Society
Uhackatik crater in Canada The Planetary SocietyCanada man spots unusual circular pit on Google Maps, scientists say it may…
As cyclospora sickens thousands in U.S., Montreal shoppers turn to local produce
With an outbreak of a diarrhea-inducing parasite in the United States and a higher number of cases in…
Pluto’s moon Charon may have once spun once every 14 hours, and its ancient mountains still record how it slowed down |
For decades, Charon was often viewed as the quieter half of the Pluto system, a frozen world marked…
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine looks to transform quantum computing
A heat engine small enough to fit inside a superconducting circuit has converted heat into measurable work near…