Hidden in a Kentucky cave for 325 million years, these shark species were never supposed to be found
Hidden in a Kentucky cave for 325 million years, these shark species were never supposed to be found…
Green energy project halted over Chile observatory concerns
A new analysis finds that a planned green hydrogen and ammonia complex in northern Chile would have added…
Property developers spark anger over plan to clear woodland home to Baudin’s and Carnaby’s black cockatoos | Endangered habitats
Property developers in Perth plan to bulldoze an endangered banksia ecosystem used by threatened black cockatoo species, and…
New fear unlocked: runaway black holes
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed…
Sharks Have Officially Reached Antarctica, and Scientists Are Shook
Sharks prowl nearly every marine ecosystem on Earth—except one. For decades, scientists assumed the waters around Antarctica were…
Surprising connection between Earth’s magnetic field and oxygen
For about 540 million years, Earth’s magnetic field and the oxygen in its air have risen and fallen…
See the moon’s shadow darken Antarctica in epic satellite imagery of the Feb. 17 solar eclipse (video)
Satellites have captured incredible views of the Feb. 17 annular solar eclipse as the moon’s shadow swept across…
Bolivian Hiker Killed 4-Foot Snake That Turned Out To Be Something Surprising
While hiking through the lowlands of Bolivia, one hiker stumbled upon something startling. A 4-foot snake was hiding…
Supercomputers simulated the orbits of 1 million satellites between Earth and the moon — and less than 10% survived
If 1 million satellites were positioned at different points between Earth and the moon, less than 10% would…
Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang — and found it was surprisingly soupy
Heavy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have revealed the faintest trace of a wake left by…
Mars Global Localization Pinpoints Perseverance’s Location
These images were part of the first successful use of a new technology called Mars Global Localization, developed at…
Greenland’s Freaky Ice Plumes May Be Fueled by Wild, Pasta-Like Churning
Massive structures of slow, swirling, plume-like patterns were found hidden deep inside Greenland’s ice sheet years ago, but…