Curiosity Photographs a ‘Sea of Polygons’ on Mars
While NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover routinely finds interesting-looking rocks, including ones that looked like dragon scales just a…
Radio Array Detects Polarized Light From a GRB
On March 10, 2026, the Fermi telescope gamma-ray burst team reported the detection of a long-duration gamma-ray burst…
In 2020 scientists tracking a beaked whale logged a dive that seemed physically impossible: 3 hours and 42 minutes underwater on a single lungful of air, by far the longest dive ever recorded in any mammal on Earth
Here is a puzzle that still bothers the people who study it. Take a Cuvier’s beaked whale, work…
Black hole feeding frenzy ends in cosmic indigestion
image: Artist impression of SwiftJ1727 with donor jet clouds. Credit: John A. Paice & Noel Castro Segura et…
Europe’s heating climate sparks ‘major intensification’ of fires: Report | Climate News
Climate change has helped southern Europe’s likelihood of wildfires double since 1981, say researchers. Published On 30 Jul…
Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A – NASA
In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy…
IFS Officer’s Video Shows How AI Alert Helped Stop Elephant Herd From Entering Village
Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming wildlife conservation in India, helping forest officials detect animal movement in real time…
Tiny fossils crack a Cretaceous cold case
A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic fossils, Northwestern University…
NASA Mars Rover Discovers Field of Mesmerizing Polygons
A vast field of mesmerizing polygons has left Mars scientists enthralled. Don’t be mistaken: NASA didn’t send a…
Why basking sharks have the strangest skin in the ocean
Most shark skin feels like fine sandpaper. One way it runs smooth, the other way it grips. That…
Amazonian ‘zombie’ fungus harbors a hidden stage inside forest mosses, new study reveals
image: Camponotus nidulans ants infected by O. camponoti-nidulantis found among bryophytes at the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve. Specimen…
Wexford Businessman Says He Was Threatened After Reporting Illegal Dumping
A Wexford businessman says he was threatened after reporting an alleged illegal dumping incident at one of his…