The Sky Today on Sunday, July 26: Juno at opposition
Back to Article List Main-belt asteroid 3 Juno reaches opposition today, although you might have to dodge the…
How does an animal weighing less than a chocolate bar fly 13,000 kilometres across the Pacific without landing, eating or sleeping?
On 13 October 2022, a juvenile bar-tailed godwit left western Alaska and pointed itself south across the Pacific.…
I’m not an astronaut, but I went to the International Space Station (sort of)
NEW YORK — I’m the kind of person who, every so often, falls into accidental daydreams about the…
How to keep cool in a heatwave: 25 tips from the people who know best, from a Rio lifeguard to an Egyptian archaeologist | Extreme heat
Get up and out Luis Pacherrez Antón is president of Agroperu Cooperative, a democratic collective of 102 small-scale…
Humanity’s first look at the surface of Mars shared on 50th anniversary of historic NASA landing — Space photo of the week
About 40 minutes after it landed on Mars on July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander sent this…
FAIRChem v2 UMA for Multidomain Atomistic Simulation across Molecules, Catalysts, Materials, Vibrations, and Molecular Dynamics
In this tutorial, we explore FAIRChem v2 and the UMA universal machine-learning interatomic potential as a unified framework…
Tour de France final stage shortened as emergency teams tackle wildfires | Cycling News
Sunday’s traditional stage in Paris has been shortened to reduce pressure on emergency services tackling wildfires. Published On…
At the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the air is so thin and so dry that astronomers can see light from galaxies billions of light-years away with a clarity impossible at sea level — which is why 11 countries have built 13 major telescopes on what is technically a dormant volcano
At the summit of Mauna Kea, above roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s atmosphere and close to…
The last Space Shuttle returned to Earth 15 years ago
SCIENCE So, how are those commercial replacements working out for you, NASA? This week marks 15 years since…
Sacred sites as refuges for native plant diversity in an urbanized tropical landscape
Newbold, T. et al. Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity. Nature 520, 45–50 (2015). Article …
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Here are the final contenders
Four miles from the Eiffel Tower, a photographer captured the full moon’s path over a pink Paris skyline.…
Astronomers Are Finding More “Dark Comets” Hiding in Plain Sight Near Earth : ScienceAlert
The Solar System is full of the ghostly remnants of its violent birth. This ancient debris includes sad…