Starwatch: Sagitta’s arrow shape makes it easy to see against a dark sky | Astronomy
We are on the hunt for another small, northern summer constellation this week: Sagitta, the arrow. Although it…
Rattlesnake sighting prompts warning at Eston Riverside Regional Park – SwiftCurrentOnline.com
Visitors to Eston Riverside Regional Park are being asked to keep an eye out for rattlesnakes after a…
Did a rare pair of cranes visit a Co Waterford garden? – The Irish Times
Two of these magnificent birds were standing for ages in our garden in Dunshaughlin during early morning. They…
Nepal flood death toll hits 900 as number missing climbs
The death toll following devastating floods in Nepal has surpassed 900, as rescue teams worked overnight to reach…
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031
The planet Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons with the majority of attention going to the four Galilean…
A millionth of a second after the Big Bang, matter existed as a near-perfect liquid so hot that protons and neutrons could not yet form—and CERN has now recreated a microscopic droplet of it using oxygen nuclei, the smallest collision system yet to reveal one of its defining signatures.
During the universe’s first few microseconds, temperatures were too high for quarks and gluons to remain confined inside…
Lemurs reveal why humans may not be strictly daytime animals
Humans have long been considered daytime animals, but new research suggests our natural activity pattern extends much further…
Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have discovered that ultrathin, highly flexible diamond membranes can produce…
Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23
Leadership from NASA Headquarters, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Deep Space Network (DSN) stand in front of…
Quantum interference offers a radically different way to measure time
A new “quantum watch” uses changing interference patterns inside excited helium atoms to determine how much time has…
Virginia scientists discover the cues black bears use for hibernation
Researchers have long assumed that the timing of American black bear (Ursus americanus) annual hibernation mostly depends on…
Antarctica developed a continental-scale ice sheet 34 million years ago while Earth was about 5°C warmer than today — helped by slow-moving mantle waves that had spent more than 100 million years lifting its interior high enough for permanent ice to survive.
Antarctica did not wait for Earth to become as cold as it is today. At the Eocene-Oligocene transition…