Phew! 8 times astronauts diced with death and got away with it – showing just how dangerous spaceflight really is
Exploring space has always been a risky endeavour – even the very first human spaceflight, by Yuri Gagarin…
Mauritius spent more than 40 years removing invasive rats, cats and goats from its offshore islands, helping endangered seabirds return after decades | World News
Off the coast of Mauritius sit a string of small, mostly uninhabited islands that once told a very…
The rivers on Titan flow, pool into lakes and are fed by rainfall on a slow cycle much like our own, but the liquid is methane and the ground beneath it is water frozen hard as stone
The Huygens probe, dropped from the Cassini orbiter in January 2005, parachuted through an orange smog and photographed…
The Sky Today on Sunday, July 12: Titan sits near Saturn
Back to Article List The ringed planet’s largest — and brightest — moon lingers near its parent world…
‘The worst possible combination’: what has caused Spain’s deadly wildfires? | Spain
As firefighters struggle to quell the flames ravaging southern Spain and doctors treat the injured, a horrific picture…
Is the Universe Getting Bigger?
The universe is bigger now than it was when you started reading this sentence. Every distant galaxy is…
Rice and NASA Launch Open-source Remote Space Robotics Simulator
Insider Brief Rice University and NASA Johnson Space Center launched an open-source simulator for developing robots that could…
Here’s Why Some Humans Can Hear Super Low-Frequency Sounds
If you’ve ever experienced a feeling of unease in a spooky building at night, it might be caused…
In Sicily, buzzing drones work to predict volcanic eruptions
VULCANO PORTO, Italy – Hovering over the volcano, a buzzing drone pauses in front of a laser beam…
India wins 5 golds at International Physics Olympiad 2026, shares rank 1
5 Indian students have won gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026, held in Bucaramanga,…
7 prominent scientists and experts who left US, UK for China in 2026
Dozens of scientists and experts have left the U.S. and Britain for China this year for reasons ranging…
‘Extraordinarily rare’ dolphin sightings reported in B.C.’s waters
Another rare aquatic mammal has been seen in B.C.’s waters. Video shot in Esperanza Inlet on the northwest…