A Manufacturing Revolution Is Happening—in Space
On June 12, nearly a quarter century after its founding, SpaceX will register for what is expected to…
Scientists may have finally solved why sloths are so slow
Sloths are the slowest mammals on Earth, but their lives in dense forests have made them difficult to…
World will cross 1.5°C warming limit by 2030 if emissions continue at current rate – report
The world is edging dangerously close to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming threshold, with human-induced warming reaching 1.37°C…
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire…
The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO
SpaceX’s plans to add millions of new subscribers to its satellite internet network could founder over the Indian…
Canadians are leaving Canada in record numbers and almost 50% are from one province
The number of people leaving Canada reached a record high in 2025, with over 120,000 Canadians emigrating over…
LeoLab’s new, mobile space-watch radar to participate in Valiant Shield exercise
WASHINGTON ― Space monitoring firm LeoLabs today announced that its newest space tracking radar is now operational, with…
Amplified Arctic iceberg traffic reshapes benthic biodiversity
Iceberg imaging and sampling During expedition PS126 of RV Polarstern, the opportunity arose to visit a large iceberg…
The case for data centers in space
Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by the early 2030s, analysis suggested. Right now, launch costs…
Why no two people ever see the same rainbow: The science behind this beautifaul illusion |
Whenever you spot a rainbow stretching across the sky after a monsoon shower, you think you’re seeing the…
The largest-ever scorpion roamed Britain 400 million years ago
Summary Scientists revisited fossils at London’s Natural History Museum that sat misidentified for over a century before recognizing…