Life in France in 40 degree heat: Parisian heat traps are only part of the equation – The Irish Times
From crossing to the shady side of the street when it’s not yet 9am, enviously eyeing up the…
This summer’s sunset solar eclipse will be like nothing you’ve ever seen. It’s a rare, beautiful sight you won’t want to miss
On August 12, 2026, for observers in eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera),…
The 10 Largest Underground Lakes in the World
The largest underground lakes in the world sit hidden inside caves, sinkholes, and ice sheets. Many form in…
The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird
A giant mirror to create “sunlight on demand” was just approved by the United States Federal Communications Commission…
Japan’s wild deer bow to tourists who approach them, but not out of politeness, because they have learned that bowing brings food
Wild deer at Nara Park | Wikimedia Commons The sight has become one of Nara’s most famous tourist…
In May 1986, Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov left the newly opened Mir, crossed 2,500 kilometres to Salyut 7, and returned carrying 350 to 400 kilograms of instruments — the only human voyage ever made from one space station to another
On 5 May 1986, Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov sealed the hatch of the newest space station in…
NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classifications
The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an…
James Webb has caught at least five galaxies colliding about 800 million years after the Big Bang, flinging heavy elements out into space far earlier than any model predicted — evidence the early universe was already messy and mature when it should still have been simple
A galaxy merger found by the James Webb Space Telescope has made the early universe look less orderly…
Your lost dog can now call home with the world’s 1st satellite-connected dog collar
Imagine you’re on a hike in a remote mountain range. Your hyperactive dog catches the scent of a…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus is spraying a hidden ocean into space — and inside that spray is the same chemical fuel that feeds life in Earth’s deepest oceans
Saturn’s sixth-largest moon leaks. Through a set of fractures near its south pole, nicknamed the tiger stripes, Enceladus…
Isotopic imprints of late molecular cloud infall in the outer Solar System
Schiller, M., Bizzarro, M. & Fernandes, V. A. Isotopic evolution of the protoplanetary disk and the building blocks…
The Next Solar Eclipse Is Delivering a Rare Sight: Totality at Sunset
It’s been two years since the last total solar eclipse, but another one is coming next month —…