Scientists say K2-155 radio signal is likely Earth interference
A narrow radio signal recorded by China’s FAST telescope in 2021 towards the K2-155 star system, 238 light-years…
Antarctica Ozone Hole Grows, but Prognosis Remains Good
The gash in Earth’s protective sunscreen has logged a worrying new data point—but scientists say the long…
Earth Has a Temporary New Mini-Moon
Earth has a new moon, but don’t get too attached. Our planet’s gravity pulled a small space rock…
Meteorite Found in Sahara is Piece of Mars at Least 4.1 Billion Years Old
Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in Mali four years ago, is a fragment of…
Earth’s Poles Have Dramatically Shifted 4 Times
Earth’s North and South poles haven’t merely drifted—they’ve apparently taken four significant road trips. A new study…
New dinosaur species identified from fossil stashed in drawer for a century
Artist’s concept of the new dinosaur species Invictibellatrix amberina, along with the fossil from which it was identified.…
Clocks could get 25th hour in 1,000 years as scientists scrap leap seconds
What if one day lasted 25 hours? It sounds impossible today, but our descendants, about 1,000 years from…
Elon Musk: SpaceX Could Be Worth Vastly More Than Earth’s Economy
Elon Musk is known for having planet-sized ambitions, and his latest pronouncement lives up to that billing. “This…
Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) says the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite has returned its first images and measurements from…
Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Spring has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and, in Chile, even the desert is…
Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system
Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system Astronomers say they have…
A storied NASA observatory could be weeks away from falling to Earth after failed rescue attempt
A celebrated space telescope is rapidly dipping from its once-stable orbit and falling to Earth just shy of…