‘A new mission starting today’: 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival
After nearly eight years traveling through the inner solar system, the trailblazing BepiColombo spacecraft has finally begun its…
A College Student Accidentally Broke the Laws of Thermodynamics
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Release of non-native skunks in Co Kildare being investigated – The Irish Times
An investigation is under way into the release of seven non-native striped skunks in Co Kildare. The National…
Just five times Earth’s ocean volume could submerge every continent on an Earth-sized planet, weakening the land-based weathering cycle that regulates carbon dioxide and supplies vital nutrients—but it would not necessarily make the planet uninhabitable.
Five oceans sounds like an extravagance. On the scale of a planet, it is surprisingly modest. NOAA estimates…
Judge rules 2,000 Catalina Island deer can be killed to save native plant species | California
Locals and tourists have long fawned over Catalina Island’s mule deer population. For nearly a century, the ungulates…
Comet McNaught put on a surprise show this summer: Here’s how to spot it before it fades
Comet 220P/McNaught has already put on an unexpectedly impressive show this summer as two dramatic outbursts of activity…
Deepak Dhar wins 2026 Dirac Medal: How the physicist explains our world with a pile of sand found hidden order inside chaos
The video call had barely begun when a cat started meowing somewhere in the room. On the other…
10 Extinct Creatures That Aren’t What We Thought
The study of extinct creatures has a major hurdle. There is no living dinosaur to observe. No cave…
Two Mercury-bound spacecraft draw closer to planet after near decade-long voyage
Two Mercury-bound spacecraft have left their mother ship behind and are headed down the home stretch of their…
Invasive mosquitoes breed in London for the first time in the UK
UKHSA’s head of medical entomology, Dr Jolyon Medlock, said: “There is no evidence that these mosquitoes have caused…
Early mammals weren’t all loners, as scientists thought – some already lived in pairs alongside the dinosaurs
About 200 million years ago, furry little egg-laying creatures evolved the ability to feed their offspring with a…
Invasive tropical mosquito found breeding in east London | Invasive species
An invasive mosquito capable of transmitting tropical diseases has been found breeding in homes in east London, with…