On this day in space! July 31, 1971: Apollo 15 astronauts drive on the moon for 1st time
On July 31, 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts drove on the moon for the first time. David Scott, the…
These crows may not survive because of how they look. Nature is red in tooth and claw – The Irish Times
This year a pair of hooded crows have nested somewhere near our garden near Derry (incidentally displacing the…
Why NASA Is About To Fly Into Iceland’s Total Solar Eclipse
Topline Scientists are preparing an ambitious series of scientific missions for Aug. 12, 2026, when the moon’s narrow…
Europa is smaller than Earth’s Moon, yet the ocean locked beneath its ice contains more liquid water than every ocean on Earth combined — kept from freezing not by sunlight, but by Jupiter’s gravity squeezing the moon like a slow, endless fist
Europa is smaller than Earth’s Moon, but there may be more liquid water inside it than in every…
Study Shows Prehistoric People Targeted Female Mammoths
Woolly mammoths were a favorite hunting target for Ice Age people in Eurasia and North America for many…
Saturn’s moon Titan has rivers of liquid methane longer than the Nile’s tributaries, but a 2025 Brown University study found that only 1.3% of those rivers form deltas — on Earth, nearly every river does, and nobody yet knows why Titan’s don’t
There is a 400-kilometre river system near the north pole of Titan that drains into a sea larger…
Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains
Scientists have identified a heat-driven process inside magma that could help explain why volcanoes with similar characteristics sometimes…
See A Solar Eclipse, The Perseids And A 96% ‘Blood Moon:’ August’s Sky
Topline August 2026 is the biggest month of the year for skywatchers, bringing a rare total solar eclipse…
Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…
The Velociraptor stalking the kitchen in Jurassic Park was nearly two metres tall and scaly. The real animal barely reached your knee — about 15 kilos, roughly turkey-sized, and covered in feathers, with the quill anchor points still visible on a fossil forearm
The scene I remember most clearly from Jurassic Park is the kitchen one. It was one of my…
Vast Majority of Companies Oppose Tougher GHG Protocol Scope 2 Reporting Proposals
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting framework provider GHG Protocol announced the release of the results of its public consultation on…
Total eclipse of the heart: Family channels passion for chasing eclipses around the world into book
SINGAPORE – When Koh Joo Beng, 66, was doing national service as a young man, he was sometimes…