Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?
As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look…
Evidences of subnanometre orbital diffusion length in heavy metals using terahertz emission spectroscopy
Go, D. et al. Toward surface orbitronics: giant orbital magnetism from the orbital Rashba effect at the surface…
Woman Sees Something Moving On Buoy And A Piece Of ‘Seaweed’ Crawls On Her Finger
The other day, Britt Ballard and her husband went out to do some birdwatching in Semiahmoo, Washington. As…
ALMA captures the most detailed image ever of the Milky Way’s turbulent core
Astronomers have unveiled a striking new view of the center of the Milky Way, exposing an intricate network…
March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here’s how to see it
Look to the western sky around sunset on the nights surrounding the spring equinox this month and you…
Flatback turtle facts: size, diet, habitat
Discover the flatback turtles, a little-known sea turtle native to the coastal waters of Australia. What do flatback…
23-million-year-old ‘frosty rhino’ discovered in the High Arctic
Deep within the frozen ground of Devon Island in Canada’s High Arctic, researchers found the nearly complete skeleton…
Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t smash into it in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists determine that asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a 4.3%…
Wild macaques don’t abandon babies. So why did Punch’s mother?
Little Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque living in the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has captured hearts on…
NASA rules out chance of lunar asteroid impact in 2032
March 5 (UPI) — NASA on Thursday walked back a prediction that an asteroid had a “small, but…
Extreme weather is exposing a dangerous flaw in modern buildings
Most of us don’t see buildings as life-support systems. But that’s exactly what they are. We sleep inside…
A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out
When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest…