Panama canal traffic facing further cuts as drought from El Niño worsens | Panama canal
The Panama canal plans to again cut maritime traffic due to worsening drought caused by the El Niño…
What does a day on Mars look like? NASA Curiosity captures stunning morning-to-sunset panorama
NASA has released a striking new panoramic image showing how the landscape on Mars looks from morning to…
Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A previously unknown cat species has been identified in plain sight: at a wildlife sanctuary in…
Earth’s centre of mass wanders several millimetres relative to the solid planet over the course of each year, as monsoon rains, snowpack, ocean water and shifting air masses redistribute weight around the globe.
Earth has a centre of mass, but it is not a point permanently fixed inside the rock. Water,…
What Wendell Berry meant to Christian farmers going green
In the late evening of Aug. 31, 2026, I missed a call from Jennifer, a seventh-generation cattle rancher…
Join us Wednesday as we discuss KSC, space and Central Florida – Orlando Sentinel
The nation’s space program and Central Florida have been closely linked since the first rocket blasted off from…
Grey squirrels bury thousands of acorns each year and forget a share of them, unintentionally planting oaks and reshaping forests |
Plant a few thousand trees a year, forget where you put a fair share of them, and you…
Venus may have swallowed a moon due to slow rotation — Cyprus Mail
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, in the United States, have suggested that Venus may have lost…
In 2011, NASA sent a solar sail the size of a small apartment into orbit; the thin reflective sheet flew without fuel |
A photo of the experimental solar sail, NanoSail-D. Credits – Wikimedia Commons Spacecraft have historically relied on transporting…
Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA | Los Angeles
Every year, as summer draws to a close and fall begins, California’s bears get hungry. Black bears have…
Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
A longstanding mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls may have a new explanation. Researchers have debated for decades…
Venus to reach peak brightness in Oman’s evening sky on Tuesday
MUSCAT: Venus will reach peak brightness in Oman’s evening sky on Tuesday, appearing as a brilliant point of…