APOD: 2026 July 30 – Red Sun trough Wildfire Smoke
Explanation: This could be the view from an exoplanet orbiting around a red dwarf star, but it is our own Sun. This image…
Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing – is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean?
In late June, whale watchers in southwest Western Australia sounded the alarm. They had seen far fewer humpback…
Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time
To confirm that the observed signal was indeed caused by a moon, the research team also examined other…
France, Spain Eye Wildfire Reprieve As Other Blazes Start Up In Europe
France: France and Spain on Thursday glimpsed a reprieve from some of the worst wildfires in living memory,…
Astronaut Shares Breathtaking View Of Full Moon From Space
The International Space Station (ISS) posted a stunning photograph of the full moon glowing against the darkness of…
Rare demon cavefish discovered in Alabama
Bobcat Cave near Huntsville is home to the endangered Alabama cave shrimp, two species of cave crayfish and…
Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains
Scientists have identified a heat-driven process inside magma that could help explain why volcanoes with similar characteristics sometimes…
Spain Offers €1 Billion in Bid to Host Thirty Meter Telescope
Credit: TMT Spain has offered a package worth up to €1 billion to support the construction of the…
Scientists Who Uncovered Altermagnetism Win Major Physics Honor
Altermagnetic crystal: not only the directions of spin polarization (in magenta and cyan) alternate on neighboring magnetic atoms,…
The Sky Today on Saturday, August 1: Open cluster NGC 6709
Back to Article List This rich grouping of young suns shines brightly in Aquila the Eagle, ripe for…
No species left behind: how Spain saved its animals from wildfire
While scores of people were fleeing Spain’s raging wildfires, the staff at Safari Madrid had others to think…
In a first, ‘super-Earth’ rocky exoplanet may have an atmosphere
Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a planet orbiting a star 49 light-years from Earth could…