Satellites Capture Towering 35-Meter Ocean Waves, Exposing the Pacific at Its Most Violent
Early 2026 has brought renewed scrutiny to how Earth-observing satellites register extreme ocean events. Widely circulated reports have…
Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
Welcome to Edition 8.28 of the Rocket Report! The big news in rocketry this week was that NASA…
A huge ancient predator is lurking in Japan’s rivers – and it’s eating frogs and crabs
New research examining the diet of Japanese giant salamanders has revealed that these enormous river-dwelling amphibians experience a…
Orion Bar Study Maps How Starlight Transforms Dust Grains Into Charged Particles
Scientists are elucidating the complex behaviour of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) within the Orion Bar, a prominent photodissociation…
DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy Awards $19 Million to Advance Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel
Projects to Spur Innovation to Drastically Reduce Nation’s Nuclear Waste WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s…
Does dark matter actually exist: New theory says it could be gravity behaving strangely
New research suggests that dark matter, the universe’s most puzzling and mysterious substance, may not exist. But removing…
SoCal diver bons with affectionate white seal named ‘Waffles’
An affectionate white seal has captured hearts after becoming best buds with a Southern California diver. Rusty Hunter,…
4 upper-stage issues in 19 months: When will SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket return to flight?
SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket hit a bit of a snag this week. On Monday (Feb. 2), a…
Nunavut faces ‘worst housing crisis in Canada,’ MP says
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is a calling on the federal government to make a firm commitment to address…
Space data center cooling problem still needs solution
Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor said two years would be an “aggressive” timeframe for space data centers and…
This wolf in Ethiopia survived where it seemed impossible — but the real impact came after its release
This wolf in Ethiopia survived where it seemed impossible — but the real impact came after its release…
Scientists Found the Coldest Seawater in History from when Snowball Earth Reached Freezing Temperatures of Minus 15° Celsius
Illustration of “Snow Ball” Earth. Earth froze over 717 million years ago. Ice crept down from the poles…