A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II
One of the first images transmitted back to Earth from the Artemis II mission was a stunner. In…
International Sea Level Satellite Observes El Niño Precursor
Sea level height data from the international Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite collected from March to May 2026 show…
The Pacific Ocean is so vast that every continent, every island, and every desert on Earth could fit inside it with room to spare, which is why calling our planet blue is almost an understatement
Earth is not a blue planet with some land on it. It is a planet of one ocean…
The Sun sent out a strange radio signal that refused to fade for 19 days
The Sun puts out radio noise all the time. Every so often, a solar radio burst flares up…
Why bringing back wolves could improve ‘human safety on the roads’
Reintroducing wolves into Ireland could help improve road safety by controlling the deer population, an environmentalist has argued. …
Constipation may be tied to more than discomfort
A large review links chronic constipation with a higher likelihood of depression, pointing to gut-brain pathways and the…
See it: Strong solar flare caught on camera erupting from the sun
Space enthusiasts have been put on alert after Nasa released a stunning image of solar flares this week.…
In 2026, Kovi Rose traced a 1.3-hour radio pulse and matching X-ray flicker to ASKAP J1745-5051, a white-dwarf system so tight that the orbit itself appears to become the clock
ASKAP J1745-5051 pulses in radio light every 1.345 hours, and its X-rays flicker on nearly the same clock.…
Great apes: what we know about their cognition, cooperation and curiosity after two decades of research
Leipzig Zoo in central Germany is a world-leading centre of great ape research. Recent studies have seen chimpanzees…
Light-activated proteins demonstrate quantum sensing and radio wave control
Until now, quantum sensing has primarily been known from solid-state materials such as diamonds with deliberately introduced tiny…
A gobsmacking 500,000 babies born at one time in one place… That’s one colossal delivery room
The plains of the Serengeti turn into nature’s largest maternity ward every year between January and March, when…
What Makes Us Human: I found myself walking, too
“What Makes Us Human?” is a biweekly column in which Emi Sakamoto ’28 investigates the interdisciplinary criteria whereby…