“One-in-a-million” sea creature fossil preserves soft tissue for 450 million years
More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared and before animals or plants had spread widely…
Narwhals Sport Iconic Straight, Spiraled Tusks. Scientists Just Uncovered Some of the Eye-Catching Feature’s Structural Secrets
The Arctic whales are the only known animals with straight tusks, and ones that consistently twist to the…
Musk: SpaceX may try to intercept the Ship with a tower in a few months
SpaceX will likely attempt to recover the Ship’s upper stage using a launch tower for the first time…
For generations, Indonesia’s Huaulu community hunted endangered cockatoos for a sacred ritual; now they use naturally shed feathers | World News
Representative Image of salmon-crested cockatoos in a lush forest on Seram Island (AI-generated image) On Indonesia’s Seram Island,…
In April 2026, scientists reported that Curiosity had detected the first nitrogen heterocycle on the Martian surface — a class of organic molecule that on Earth forms part of the chemical pathway toward RNA and DNA. It isn’t evidence of life, but it shows that ancient Mars possessed surprisingly complex prebiotic chemistry.
The phrase “first nitrogen heterocycle on Mars” sounds cleaner than the measurement behind it. NASA’s Curiosity rover did…
Unknown Worlds / Healing The Ocean, Together: Subnautica 2 × The Ocean Cleanup
Hello Subnauts, Since Subnautica 2 entered Early Access, you have continued to amaze us. You’ve charted every trench,…
China’s Chang’e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history
China’s moon exploration program is readying an ambitious robotic mission, one composed of an orbiter, a lander, a…
Scientists detect fastest-known star at galaxy’s centre
Scientists have detected the fastest-known star that is zooming around the supermassive black hole residing at the centre…
The ‘world’s first rewilded sharks’ are being raised by shark nannies
EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing…
Space mystery leads scientists to discovery of ‘black hole stars’
Astronomers identify new type of ‘black hole star’ in universe while hunting space mystery A black hole star…
Ministers are in denial about the scale of the crises we face | Climate crisis
This (Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires, 12 August) is…
SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch ‘in a few months,’ Elon Musk says
We’ll have to wait a bit longer for a highly anticipated Starship milestone, it appears. On Aug. 4,…