Annular solar eclipse 2027 —everything you need to know about the ‘ring of fire’ on Feb. 6
An annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, when the moon’s cone-shaped central shadow will not…
Crossover of quasi-localized dynamics and diffusion in supercooled liquids
A liquid cooled sufficiently fast below the melting temperature does not crystallize and can be deeply undercooled until…
Birdwatch: Going to the Galápagos for the gulls | Birdwatching
Most visitors don’t come to the Galápagos for the gulls. With more than a dozen kinds of Darwin’s…
In January 2005, the Huygens probe parachuted for 147 minutes through Titan’s orange haze, landed on a cold plain scattered with ice pebbles, and kept transmitting from the surface of Saturn’s largest moon for 72 minutes before Cassini carried its signal out of view
At 4:34 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 14, 2005, ESA’s Huygens probe came down on Titan, Saturn’s…
David Gross, Nobel Prize winner in physics: Humanity has a “very small” chance of surviving for another 50 years
Some lines make you pause. Others demand a second reading. David Gross’s words belong firmly in that latter…
The sheep-killer myth that helped drive the Tasmanian tiger to extinction and why scientists think farmers got it wrong |
For decades, the Tasmanian tiger was portrayed as Australia’s most feared livestock predator. Farmers blamed it for dead…
Look up tonight – there's a rare 'double planet' visible in Irish skies soon – The Journal
Look up tonight – there’s a rare ‘double planet’ visible in Irish skies soon The Journal‘Double planet’ – Venus…
Concerns over US company’s gas fracking plan for world’s most intact tropical savanna in WA revealed | Western Australia
The federal government has repeatedly raised concerns about an American company’s bid to frack for gas in Western…
Reading the Moon in X-rays
Here’s something that might surprise you. Despite being our closest companion in space, despite the missions, the moonwalks,…
Two Female Tigers Take Turns Babysitting Their Cubs While the Other Grabs a Bite to Eat
Filmmakers on the BBC Earth series Tiger Island watched in absolute astonishment as two female tigers in Nepal…
Landmark law in Colombia aims to reduce deforestation by tracking cattle
NEW YORK (AP) — Colombia has enacted a landmark law requiring the cattle industry to trace livestock and…
Strange ‘spacetime crystals’ could give birth to tiny black holes
When we think about a black hole, we probably picture some vast cosmic titan, greedily consuming any matter…