Canada’s Most Powerful Icebreaker Reaches North Pole
Canada’s largest and most powerful icebreaker has reached the North Pole as part of a multi-year effort to…
NASA tests first-of-its-kind spacecraft that navigates without GPS
NASA’s Starling mission has demonstrated a first-of-its-kind navigation system that lets a spacecraft determine its position in orbit…
A rare orca known as “La Abuela” was found with wounds consistent with shotgun pellets; the suspected attack could threaten an entire Iberian population of fewer than 40 whales
Spain’s Environment Ministry has ordered an investigation into the likely shooting of a rare Iberian orca that was…
NASA finally figured out what’s up with those “Mars spiders”
Dark shapes pictured on the surface of Mars resembling spiders. Image credits: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS. For years, satellites around Mars…
Why Chinese Tourists Are Paying For ‘Disaster Experiences’ In The Name Of Dark Tourism
A unique trend of “dark tourism” is gaining popularity in China, where young adventurers pay to experience extreme, simulated…
Using Starlink’s Satellites To Study Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
Aside from global access to cat videos, the presence of thousands of Starlink broadband internet access satellites in…
In 1905, Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes; the tiny fish later became linked to declines of native damselflies and other threatened species
Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes Introduced to Hawaii in 1905 to control disease-carrying mosquitoes, the eastern mosquitofish…
Cosmic beauty born from a dying star revealed in stunning telescope images
NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures stunning images of the Trifid Nebula in deep space, nearly 5,000 light-years away from…
Emergency alert warning of wildfire risk sent to phones in England and Wales | Wildfires
Millions of people across England and Wales received an emergency alert to their phones on Friday as the…
Watch European astronaut make history during spacewalk today
Sophie Adenot will make spaceflight history today (Aug. 18). The European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut will become the…
5 Snakes that thrive in extreme climates: Here’s how they survive harsh weather conditions
Back in extreme heat, the saw-scaled viper has carved out a niche across the dry, arid regions of…
Mars Curiosity Rover Discovers Massive Field of Polygons
The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar…