How a huge fleet of 17 spacecraft discovered something surprising about solar eruptions
A misbehaving coronal mass ejection (CME) that blew out a hidden cloud of charged particles aimed at Earth…
It has a rather grotesque face, electric organs, venomous spines and can swallow prey whole thanks to its huge mouth, which can suck them right in
Stargazers are a group of around 50 different fish species, each one as odd as the next. These…
Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster
The fossil record preserves this same fragmented leaf litter. Comparing the shapes of thousands of epidermal cells with…
Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England | Wind power
Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the…
Launching 10,000 tiny ‘femtosats’ to Saturn? NASA funds 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas
NASA is giving a financial boost to nearly 20 technology investigations to help fuel the incubation of tomorrow’s…
A tiny owl flew 70 miles out to sea and collapsed on a yacht, exhausted and too weak to fly, she found an unlikely group of rescuers who refused to leave her behind
Sergeant Mark Petherbridge (L) and Captain Tom Court (R) with rescued barn owl, Little Regina, aboard Fujitsu British…
The Sky Today on Sunday, August 23: Double star Zeta Coronae Borealis
Back to Article List Seek out this easy-to-split but complex multiple star system in the Northern Crown, visible…
‘Super’ El Niño didn’t cause this year’s fires and heat waves, but it’s about to take us on a ‘wild ride’
Whether you call it a “super” El Niño or a “Godzilla” El Niño, the Pacific Ocean warming event…
Telescope image that echoes Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ contains some of the oldest stars in the universe — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud Where it is: 430 light-years away, in the…
A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together
Researchers at Monash University have predicted an unusual new form of quantum matter that could overturn long-held assumptions…
In 2021, National Geographic reported that Sydney cockatoos can pry open garbage bins; by the end of 2019, the learned trick had spread across 44 suburbs | World News
Cockatoo in Sydney. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons News from Sydney about cockatoos that learned to open garbage bins…
Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey | Artemis II
The crew of the historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission have earned the US’s top space medal, officials…