Hidden Warm Water Beneath Antarctica Could Rapidly Raise Global Sea Levels
Scientists have uncovered a hidden process beneath Antarctica that could make future sea level rise much worse than…
A Spacecraft Powered by Nuclear Heat Could Send Humans to Saturn in Just 220 Days, Bringing Titan Closer Than Ever
NASA’s Mars planning documents contain a quiet warning: a 375-day round trip may push astronauts past the allowable…
Watch NASA’s new Mars helicopter rotor break the speed of sound (video)
NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of…
Illegal invasive plant species found for sale in Ireland
Several high-risk invasive plants that are illegal to sell in Ireland have been found for sale to Irish…
Europe Just Unveiled a Serious Rival to SpaceX’s Starship
SpaceX Starship ignition during its launch on IFT-5. Credit: Steve Jurvetson A DLR analysis suggests Starship may define…
Ancient reef system may have transformed life in the ocean
Australia’s northwest coast has never ranked high on the list of places reef scientists study first. The reefs…
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Energy
“Farewell,” the flag-waving Chinese children chanted to Donald Trump as he strolled along the red carpet back to…
Venus and a slender crescent moon steal the show after sunset on May 18
By now, you have almost certainly noticed dazzling Venus glowing in the western sky soon after sunset. On…
NASA’s playbook for staying intact through long isolation
At NASA, a scientist named Tom Williams leads the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance work inside NASA’s Human…
Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online May 18
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Tiger escapes enclosure near Leipzig, one person injured
A tiger that has escaped captivity after attacking a person has been shot dead by police near the eastern…
The light hitting your eyes from the sun right now left its surface 8 minutes ago — but the energy behind it may have spent roughly 100,000 years fighting its way out from the core
The sunlight hitting your eyes right now left the sun’s surface about eight minutes ago. That part is…