NASA Kicks Off Nationwide Effort to Prepare Tomorrow’s Space Workforce
NASA kicked off its State Hubs for Skilled Technical Workforce initiative Sept. 15, 2026 with awardees at Space…
Scientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.
A recent quiet morning at a Florida marine research facility was interrupted by tapping at the back door.…
Ancient Himalayan-scale Mountains in Antarctica May Have Helped Gondwana Set Off the Explosion of Animal Life
Credit: Unsplash. Long before Antarctica froze over, parts of the continent may have risen into mountains on the…
The Energy Transition Has a Speed Advantage That Cost Models Miss
Power technologies are usually compared by asking how much their electricity costs. That is no longer enough. Electricity…
SpaceX rolls giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship’s 1st orbital flight (photos)
SpaceX is gearing up for the first orbital flight of its Starship megarocket, which is now just a…
Large Hadron Collider is still on the hunt for short-lived quantum black holes and a theory of everything
When we think about black holes, we tend to imagine dominant cosmic titans that consume everything around them.…
In the 1950s, whaling ended around these remote Scottish islands. Decades later, up to 30 minke whales were spotted in one great gathering
When a wildlife expedition visited former whaling grounds in the Scottish Hebrides, they spotted what may be one…
On this day in space! Sept. 21, 2003: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter ends its mission with a fiery death dive into the gas giant
On Sept. 21, 2003, NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons came to an end. After 14…
California braces for record El Niño storms as governor declares emergency | California
California is bracing for a record breaking El Niño that is expected to bring severe winter storms and…
Juice to fly past Earth for third gravity assist
Science & Exploration 21/09/2026 579 views 14 likes The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will…
Four times bigger with ‘cuddle walls’: Fota opens new home for family of endangered gibbons
Plus new viewing points for visitors Siamang gibbons pictured at Fota this summer(Image: Fota Wildlife Park) Fota Wildlife…
Since 1958, instruments high on Mauna Loa have measured the carbon dioxide in passing air almost every day, and despite several interruptions the record they built has climbed from about 315 to more than 420 parts per million
Not many charts get famous. Stock tickers don’t count, and neither does the pie chart from a meeting…