Meet the 2026 Comedy Wildlife Awards Finalists » Explorersweb
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, now sponsored by Nikon, has run annually since 2015. They have now announced…
Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its 5,000th Day on Mars With Panorama of Sandy Ridge
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Curiosity rover has marked 5,000 Martian days on the Red Planet with a new panorama captured…
Paleontologists Found Perfectly Preserved Microfossils in Mongolia, but the Animals Everyone Expected Were Missing
The oldest undisputed animal fossils are about 574 million years old, but a new study suggests the animal…
Why is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants?
This is a massive shift in how NASA does business, and it’s not without controversy. But Griffin said…
Blast off with Estes’ new ULA Vulcan and big savings on model rockets
Only a select few skilled astronauts get to go to space, but this World Space Week 2026, Estes…
All About The Atlantic ‘Cold Blob’: Why Cooling Spot In Ocean Is Worrying Scientists Worldwide
Scientists have spotted something unusual in the North Atlantic Ocean: a persistent, unusually cold patch of water south…
NASA’s Webb Captures Commotion From Nebula’s Stellar Jets
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129.…
A 40-Year Assumption About High-Temperature Superconductors Just Fell Apart
Superconducting materials can carry electricity with zero heat loss, which is potentially revolutionary for power grids, computer systems,…
First Nations STEM students head to NASA for eighth year running
Eight First Nations university students from across Australia will travel to the United States this year for a…
Galactic ‘photo negative’ reveals a spiral galaxy in another light photo of the day for Oct. 6 2026
The M83 galaxy as seen in submillimeter wavelengths (left) and visible light (right). (Image credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/J. Koda et…
Metasurfaces for the nanoscale engineering of light–matter coupling
Schuller, J. A. et al. Plasmonics for extreme light concentration and manipulation. Nat. Mater. 9, 193–204 (2010). Article …
Amok Island’s Geometric Murals Teem with Vibrant Local Flora and Fauna — Colossal
This year, an international team of scientists announced the discovery of a new species of wild cat in…