Shark selfies: why ‘finfluencers’ need to put their cameras away | Sharks
Name: Shark selfies. Age: The phrase seems to have emerged in summer 2014 and will hopefully be retired…
Astronaut Snaps Photo of a Super Typhoon With His Phone
While our camera rolls are filled with everyday moments here on Earth, astronauts are now filling theirs with…
Climate change is undermining coral reef restoration. Could picnic coolers help?
PALAU, Micronesia — The ride out to sea was, in a word, unpleasant. The coastal waters of Palau,…
Astronomers discover a black hole pretending to be a star
Astronomers have identified what they believe is an entirely new kind of astrophysical object: a “black hole star.”…
Escaped monkey returns to Highland Wildlife Park enclosure – BBC
Escaped monkey returns to Highland Wildlife Park enclosure BBCMonkey escapes from Highland Wildlife Park in Cairngorms BBCSearch launched for escaped…
Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy
A trio of heavyweight black holes are entangled in a dance of death that will quite possibly see…
UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans | Drought
The UK government has been accused of a lack of transparency and of acting irresponsibly for refusing to…
On this day in space! Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall Discovers the Martian moon Phobos
On Aug. 17, 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars’s moon Phobos. Moons of Mars: Amazing Photos of…
In the 1980s, ferrets were released on Northern Ireland’s Rathlin Island to control rabbits; decades later, they threatened seabirds at a colony of more than 250,000 birds
Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal…
How do slingshot maneuvers work?
Back to Article List From the August 2026 issue During a slingshot maneuver, the planet and spacecraft draw…
Oil Majors Reap $93 Billion Windfall From the Iran War
Oil prices have soared in recent months as a result of the almost complete closure of the Strait…
A ‘river’ of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by…