Earth’s moon could have formed in just 5 hours after giant impact
The moon could have formed in a matter of hours following the giant impact between Earth and a…
Quiet Black Holes With a Stellar Companion Raise Questions About How They Form
Active black holes are pretty easy to detect. Their superheated accretion disks emit bright x-rays, and the jets…
An insider’s look at the Nancy Grace Roman…
In 1959, Nancy Grace Roman became the first chief of astronomy at NASA. She worked tirelessly to advocate…
An Australian woman bought cleared sugarcane land and planted trees; 10 years later, 119,000 trees transformed it into a rainforest home to flying-foxes | World News
Annie Schoenberger bought cleared land near Wonga Beach in Queensland, Australia, with a simple but ambitious goal of…
On this day in space! Sept. 7, 1995: NASA launches its 100th astronaut flight on space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-69 mission
On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew…
One of the largest spiders in the world remains largely unstudied
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Meet the next generation of Mars exploration
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Galaxies tangled in science and spirit photo of the day for Sept. 7, 2026
Nā ‘Uhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to this image of NGC…
New laser design breaks rigid patterns without losing light control
A laser does not always need a perfectly repeating pattern to produce a clean beam. Researchers at the…
How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of…
Scientists creates material that changes color invisibly to fight fakes
Researchers in Finland have created a mineral-based material that hides security markings from view but reveals them under…
Heatwaves and wildfires are setting back air quality improvements, UN finds | Air pollution
Big increases in wildfires and heatwaves supercharged by the climate crisis are hindering improvements to air quality around…