Hubble spots a mesmerizing spiral galaxy photo of the day for April 17, 2026
Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy IC 486. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J.…
Iceland Just Got Its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren’t Ready for What Comes Next
Until recently, Iceland was considered the last Arctic nation without mosquitoes. That changed in October 2025, when insect…
Artemis 2’s heat shield seems to have aced its trial by fire
Artemis 2’s return to Earth went a lot more smoothly than some folks had feared. The heat shield…
Glutathione Key in Protein Folding Process
Shanshan Liu and Mark Gad developed a liposome-based transport assay to characterize SLC33A1 transport activity. (Credit: Lori Chertoff)…
Diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarcticas’ vanishing sea ice
Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade ago, the…
China’s space station crew to ‘maximise opportunities’ with extra month in orbit
The three astronauts stationed on China’s Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month, state…
Scientists Reveal the One Creature Most Likely to Survive Earth’s Final Catastrophe
Forget the cockroach inheriting the Earth after a nuclear holocaust. When scientists at Oxford and Harvard universities set…
A “lost world” beneath the North Sea was once full of forests
New research led by the University of Warwick shows that forests were already growing across Doggerland, a now-submerged…
China ensures stable oil supply amid global changes, demonstrating progress in new energy system: NDRC official
A press conference on promoting the high-quality economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30)…
A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend
This weekend’s scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX’s monopoly…
Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS made a startling transformation as it passed the sun
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS’ chemistry was changing as it made its close approach to the sun last fall,…
Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change | Colombia
In his home on a steep hillside in the neighbourhood of Golondrinas in Medellín, Róbinson Velásquez Cartagena stands…