‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song
Once upon a time, flocks of passenger pigeons were so dense they blocked the sun like…
APOD: 2026 September 20 – Analemma over the Callanish Stones
Explanation: If you went outside at the same time every day and took a picture that included the…
China’s Mars Mission Is Set To Become A Space Milestone
China is closing the spaceflight technology gap with the U.S. For the…
Tairāwhiti flood recovery: ‘We’re a long way off yet’
In Te Araroa, one of the East Cape’s famous beach towns, the previously booming tourist industry has virtually…
India’s Spacetech Dreams Enter The Commercialisation Phase
SUMMARY Indian spacetech has entered its commercialisation phase, with $252.9 Mn raised in 2026 so far and startups…
Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests
Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped demonstrate that one of quantum physics’ strangest phenomena, quantum entanglement,…
Tropical Storm Dujuan may hit Japan over upcoming Silver Week holiday
Tropical Storm Dujuan has formed near the Mariana Islands and may bring rainfall during the Silver Week holidays…
SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (photos)
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Sept. 19). A Falcon 9…
In 1912, five little spotted kiwi were moved to Kapiti Island; their population grew to about 1,200 and became the source for new colonies | World News
Little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii; kiwi pukupuku) foraging, unusually, during the day at Zealandia EcoSanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand…
A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a human
For more than a century, scientists have tried to reconstruct the biology of Tyrannosaurus rex from bones, teeth,…
‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño | El Niño southern oscillation
Asian governments are rushing preparations for the most severe El Niño weather event on record, with hundreds of…
NASA captures spiral galaxy located 55 million light-years away
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of NGC 4698, a spiral galaxy located about 55 million…