Astronaut captures mesmerizing auroras with iPhone from ISS photo of the day for Oct. 13, 2026
Earth’s night side is wreathed in colorful auroras in a new smartphone image captured from the ISS. (Image…
In 2006, Grand Canyon began a major trout-reduction effort in Bright Angel Creek; after invasive brown and rainbow trout were suppressed, the National Park Service says native fish populations increased by more than 400%
At least five of the Grand Canyon’s eight species of native fish were historically found in Bright Angel…
Nuclear clocks are finally ticking
The world’s most precise clocks currently keep time using electrons. A laser excites electrons between two energy…
‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames | Pollution
On a pale-blue Sunday morning on the foreshore of the River Thames, 40 people are searching for what…
2 spacecraft in orbit and 8 more coming soon: Varda has big plans for in-space manufacturing
Reentry and orbital-manufacturing provider Varda Space Industries is operating two spacecraft in orbit right now, with another expected…
Infleqtion Receives £9 Million to Develop Quantum RF Sensing System
Insider Brief Infleqtion has received £9 million from Innovate UK to develop Quantum Spectrum-DF, a deployable quantum radio…
Mapping the genetics of a giant: New research decodes bison DNA
Before they were hunted to the brink of extinction, bison once roamed across North America by the millions…
SpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s booster and upper stage plume intermingle and are illuminated by the rising Sun…
Sex-changing mouse clones may help fight to save endangered species
Scientists racing to save critically endangered species may soon have a new tool at their disposal: sex-changing clones.…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover breaks interplanetary driving record — and it’s far from done
In a milestone achievement, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has broken the record for most miles driven on a…
Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages | Wildlife
Flying foxes are starving en masse across New South Wales and parts of Victoria, with wildlife rescuers responding…
A spacecraft has detected evidence of water ice at Mars’s equator
Evidence of water ice at Mars’s equator has been detected by the Mars Express spacecraft currently in orbit…