Should Artemis IV astronauts actually land near the moon’s south pole? Artemis II pilot says the lunar equator might be better
The moon’s south pole has long been the target of NASA’s Artemis lunar landing missions, but one Artemis…
NASA astronaut grows strange space crystals on International Space Station
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, conducted a science experiment growing potassium chloride crystals.…
A Powerful Cosmic Accelerator Has Been Confirmed in the Milky Way
NASA’s Fermi telescope detected GeV gamma rays from LHAASO J1912+1014u, helping confirm it as a proton PeVatron. The…
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest…
Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes that can shoot sulphur plumes more than 500 kilometres above its surface — a landscape so extreme that early Voyager scientists initially mistook the plume images for camera errors
When Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter in March 1979, scientists expected its moon Io to be cold, battered…
Why you should think twice before rescuing a wild animal
Imagine you’re driving down a windy road when you spot an injured possum. Your instincts might tell you…
Unwritten Social Rules, Not Government Oversight, Help Keep Forest Land Sustainable
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Swidden agriculture — often called “slash-and-burn” — has been practiced on every inhabited…
The Red Potato Galaxy and its Stifling Neighbour
Galaxies surrounded by reservoirs of cold gas draw that gas into themselves and convert it into new stars.…
Researchers tag 42 sleeping giants in Arctic Circle – and make breathtaking discovery
Sleeping sperm whales hover several metres below the surface of the water lined up vertically like a row of toy…
Hidden planet finally revealed after years of cosmic hide-and-seek
The luminous, hot star Wolf-Rayet 124 (WR 124) is prominent at the center of the James Webb Space…
FCC approves launch of satellite designed to reflect sunlight back to Earth
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a satellite launch on Thursday to test a reflector designed to…
Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds, a testament to sophisticated brains and devoted mothers
As a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as…