Saving the Sea Urchin | Nat Geo Photo of the Day
Long-spined sea urchins (Diadema antillarum) like this one are among the most important algae grazers in Caribbean coral…
Russia launching 3 tons of cargo to the space station today: Watch it live
Progress 96 Cargo Ship Launch – YouTube Watch On Russia plans to launch a cargo mission to the…
Polar Ice Sheets Have Lost 11 Trillion Tons of Ice—and ‘Speeding’ Glaciers Are Driving the Loss
As greenhouse gas emissions push Earth’s temperature to new heights, polar ice sheets are rapidly melting away. Numerous…
Saturn’s South Pole Features Newly Formed Atmospheric Decagon
The planet Saturn is arguably the most recognizable planetary object in the entire solar system because of its…
Mysterious Gamma Rays Reveal Hidden Magnetism Inside Atomic Nuclei
New results from an experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams answer a fundamental question about the…
The woolly rhino’s Ice Age story stretches far south of Siberia
Woolly rhino DNA from 183 fossils traces most of the animal’s genetic variety to milder East Asia and…
Skywatchers, take note: This planet will steal the spotlight on Sept. 18
Skywatchers are in for a treat with a brilliant Venus peak on Sept. 18. Here’s everything to know.…
China solar study faces scrutiny after bird counts in the billions raise red flags
A prominent study published in Science that linked China’s solar expansion to weaker bird diversity is under scrutiny…
A scientist looked at ‘little red dots’ in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn’t exist
There’s something strange going on in the early Universe. The James Webb Space Telescope has peered so deep…
The Physics That Curves a Ping-Pong Ball Just Showed Up in Quantum Light
Putting spin on a ping-pong ball changes its trajectory – a similar effect also occurs in the quantum…
Found collapsed in Kenya’s drought, orphaned elephant Ushindi now watches over younger calves
In Kenya’s 2022 drought, rescuers came upon a young elephant calf named Ushindi. She was alone, badly weakened,…
Antarctic ozone hole reaches 25 million km² as growth accelerates
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reported that the Antarctic ozone hole expanded rapidly in the first half…