Researchers put cameras in the trees of the second largest rainforest in the world. Here’s what they found
Stretching across the vast Congo Basin in Africa is the second largest rainforest on the planet – and…
A New Catalog of Close to 3,000 Supernova Challenges Theories on Dark Energy
After decades of observations, an international effort led by researchers at the University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics…
A molecular-hydrogen cloud only 300 light-years away spans roughly 40 full-Moon widths across our sky, yet astronomers did not identify it until 2025. Named Eos, it escaped conventional surveys because they search for molecular hydrogen indirectly through carbon monoxide—and almost all of Eos is CO-dark.
One of the nearest molecular clouds to the Sun hid across a patch of sky about 20 degrees…
Will building more homes to solve the housing crisis cost us our trees?
As we build more homes to tackle the housing crisis some worry trees will become collateral damage. But…
Five night sky events to look forward to this autumn
Another meteor shower arrives later in November, with the Leonids expected to peak around 17 November. The Leonids…
Astronomers Spotted a ‘Bear’ on Mars : ScienceAlert
On 12 December 2022, an orbiter traveling 251 kilometers (156 miles) above the southern highlands of Mars photographed…
A plant in Magdeburg takes 1 old solar panel apart in the order it was built and recovers 98 percent of its weight, where a shredder handling the same panel would turn the silver and silicon into powder
A solar module is a sandwich, and that is the whole difficulty. Glass on the front, cells in…
On 5 September 1977 Voyager 1 left Cape Canaveral at 721.9 kg; as of 21 August 2024 it was 164.7 AU from Earth, moving about 38,027 mph relative to the Sun and still returning data
A spacecraft that weighed 721.9 kilograms — 1,592 pounds, roughly the mass of a small car — lifted…
A Century-Old Physics Effect Just Got a New Dimension
An atomic force microscopy scan of a nanometer-sized device developed by Carnegie Mellon scientists that demonstrates a new…
Riverland residents reflect on 1956, the year of South Australia’s largest flood event
John Peterson was in his first year of university when floodwaters hit his South Australian hometown of Kingston…
Saudi Arabia’s stc Group orders small GEO satellite in another Astranis Block 3 reshuffle
TAMPA, Fla. — Saudi telecoms giant stc Group has replaced one of two small geostationary satellites Mexican telco…
Recovery milestone for kākāpō after bumper year for chicks
The official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds, the Department…