Pikachu in space! New ESA-Pokemon partnership sends the electric mouse to the ISS
Pikachu is one of Earth’s newest outer space ambassadors, thanks to a new partnership. The European Space Agency…
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the…
Fat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their lives | Alaska
The bears have returned to the river and are packing on the pounds as another Fat Bear Week…
Scientists Say Lead in Ink Could Finally Crack Herculaneum’s Burnt Scrolls—So They Baked a Fake One as a Test
How do you test a theory on how to decipher a priceless archaeological artifact? According to a team…
Satellite data shows accelerating ice loss in Greenland, Antarctica
New research based on satellite data going back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may be able to operate for far longer than originally expected. An…
Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology
If some aspects of cosmic topology turn out to be true, the idea that starships might voyage the…
Pelican Knocks for Help, NOAA Biologists Respond
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Who better to come to the aid of a pelican who is in trouble…
In 2004, scientists began installing 1,660 orange water tanks the size of small rooms across 3,000 square kilometers of Argentine grassland, and two decades later that grid is still waiting for cosmic rays far more energetic than any particle accelerator has produced to strike water and flash blue
Twenty-two years ago, trucks started rolling across Mendoza province in western Argentina, dropping off tanks that look, from…
Tonnes of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from
Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may be able to operate for far longer than originally expected. An…
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the…