Perseid meteor shower peaks on same day as solar eclipse — here’s how to watch
One of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers peaks this week, offering a chance to see…
New Simons Collaboration Explores Defects in Physics
For centuries, physicists have described how the universe functions based on observations of the natural world taken at…
World Lion Day 2026: The fight to save lions is far from over
World Lion Day 2026 highlights lion recoveries, while habitat loss, poaching, conflict, and inbreeding still threaten their survival.…
In 1958, spooked by the Soviet Sputnik launch, the US Air Force secretly commissioned a study to detonate a nuclear weapon on the surface of the Moon, visible from Earth, purely as a show of force; the plan was ultimately shelved over fears the fallout would ruin the Moon for future scientific study
In 1958, a year after the Soviets put Sputnik into orbit and shook the confidence of an entire…
‘Subsidies for fossil fuels … are pouring fuel on the fire’: your questions on fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis answered | Fossil fuels
That’s all, folks!Damian Carrington Thank you for all your excellent and thought-provoking questions. It can sometimes feel bleak…
Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole actually doesn’t devour everything
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The Dark Matter Detector in the Scottish Borders
It turns out, the world’s biggest dark matter detector may well be the planet you’re standing (or sitting)…
Scientists create largest 2D map of the universe with 5.6 trillion pixels and nearly 4 billion cosmic objects
Astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever created, offering a sweeping new view of…
As the climate breaks down, costs go up: Welcome to ‘climateflation’
If you ask an economist why everything is so expensive these days, you will likely get an answer…
NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the…
107 years ago, the Eddington total eclipse experiment helped prove Einstein’s theory of relativity
On Wednesday a total solar eclipse will pass over Iceland and other parts of Europe. And while many…
Scientists were exploring the Amazon with Will Smith when they came across something extraordinary
Deep in the Amazon, while filming a National Geographic documentary series alongside actor Will Smith, a team of…