Taiwan adds carbon-footprint requirement to high-efficiency PV module standard
Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) has updated its voluntary high-efficiency PV module specification to include…
Citizen scientists revived NASA’s long-retired ISEE-3 probe in 2014 and fired its thrusters for the first time in 27 years, restoring its spin—but the larger burn meant to return it to an Earth–Sun observation point failed because the nitrogen needed to pressurize its fuel system had apparently run out.
In 2014, a spacecraft launched before the first Space Shuttle flight was approaching Earth for the first time…
WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife says bear encounter in Bellingham turned violent this past weekend – KIRO 7 News Seattle
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is searching for a bear after a…
Ancient rocks from Western Australia suggest Earth was already dragging surface water into its mantle and using it to generate volcanoes 3.1 billion years ago — through a primitive recycling process that may have preceded modern plate tectonics
Pillow lavas look like a heap of stone beanbags, slumped one over another where molten rock hit cold…
Panama canal traffic facing further cuts as drought from El Niño worsens | Panama canal
The Panama canal plans to again cut maritime traffic due to worsening drought caused by the El Niño…
A giant crater may reveal the origin of Mars’ doomed moon
Mars’ innermost moon, Phobos, has puzzled planetary scientists for decades. One of the biggest unanswered questions is where…
Reef fish on a Curaçao coral patch never bolted from a black disk expanding on an iPad below two metres a second, and that threshold sits just under the speeds at which bar jacks on the same reef were filmed attacking
Looming is the word for what an approaching object does to an eye. The image of the thing…
On Deimos, orbital speed just above the surface is only about 14 km/h—around elite racewalking pace—while roughly 20 km/h would let you escape the tiny moon altogether.
On Earth, orbit belongs to the realm of rockets. The International Space Station travels at roughly 28,000 kilometres…
Beef production has been the largest driver of deforestation this century
Malaria was once endemic across much of the Caribbean. This map shows how much progress has been made:…
The fall equinox doesn’t really bring equal day and night — here’s why
The first day of fall in 2026 arrives Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 8:05 p.m. EDT (1205 GMT on…
Forgotten on an island, these cows survived alone for 130 years, and their story fascinates scientists
Forgotten on an island, these cows survived alone for 130 years, and their story fascinates scientists – Futura-Sciences…
5 amazing lunar sights to explore on International Observe the Moon Night tonight!
International Observe the Moon Night is upon us! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of 5 breathtaking…