Bedford plans free summer festivities and astronomy night at Heritage Park
Silhouettes look up at the night sky during an astronomy activity. (Courtesy of Town of Bedford) Get local…
Great Barrier Reef not on UNESCO danger list
Australia welcomed a draft UNESCO decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered site, its…
America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
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A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it’s not clear why
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Scientists stunned: it’s not the Great Wall astronauts see from space
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Saturn used to be listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, found dozens more, and by 2026 the count had exploded to 285 — so many that Saturn now has nearly three times as many confirmed moons as Jupiter.
A few years ago, Saturn was listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, began finding them dozens…
New details hint at the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
The passing of a comet from another star system gives scientists an opportunity to peer back into ancient…
Astronomers find Jupiter-size ‘super-puff’ planets so light they’re less dense than cotton candy
Two newly identified giant exoplanets are roughly Jupiter-sized, yet their material is so diffuse that each is less…
Ocean Power Technologies deepens European maritime security push
Ocean Power Technologies deepens European maritime security push Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock Ocean Power Technologies Inc…
Burying The Hatchet? Trump Hopeful Of Musk Donating SpaceX Stock To Flagship Savings Initiative
US President Donald Trump expects his erstwhile key supporter Elon Musk to donate his SpaceX stock to the…
This Strange Martian Rock Contains a Mineral Scientists Never Expected To Find
Mars, the red planet. Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown Martian rock containing a…
Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’ | National parks
On a crisp, sunny morning at the end of June, dappled light filtered through the canopy of an…