Earth as a single point of light: how a deep-space camera captured home
Earth as a single point of light: how a deep-space camera captured home – Futura-Sciences August 20, 2026…
A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together
Researchers at Monash University have predicted an unusual new form of quantum matter that could overturn long-held assumptions…
Two of Neptune’s tiny inner moons contain clay minerals that could not have formed on worlds so small and cold — suggesting they’re built from the exposed interiors of much larger moons shattered when the captured Kuiper Belt world Triton tore through Neptune’s original satellite system billions of years ago.
The important part of the clay found at Neptune is not simply that it is unusual. It is…
Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before the drought
Imagine turning on your kitchen faucet and nothing comes out. Not for an hour, but for two full…
Astronomers announced in January 2026 that they had found a 710-metre asteroid — nearly eight football fields across — spinning once every 1.88 minutes. A normal rubble-pile asteroid should tear itself apart at anything close to that speed, meaning 2025 MN45 must have internal strength comparable to solid rock.
Somewhere in the main asteroid belt, a body estimated to be 710 metres wide completes a full turn…
Superconducting Temperature Record Set At Ambient Pressure
An interesting type of superconductors available to us today are the ones that achieve this property at room…
'I saved an extinct tiger's head from obscurity' – BBC
‘I saved an extinct tiger’s head from obscurity’ BBC£50 market find revealed as rare thylacine, fetches £50,000 QazinformTaxidermied Tasmanian Tiger…
A lost mega-cliff may explain the Grand Canyon’s missing billion years
Scientists have uncovered evidence that an enormous ancient cliff system may have helped expose the deepest rocks of…
About 30 years ago, an Australian farmer began restoring land he had once cleared after his children told him to protect nature; today 24 bird species live on his farm year-round
Fred Perry decided to make changes to his farming practices to conserve environment (Picture: ABC news) King Island…
Mars’s Funky Moon Deimos was Shaped by an Impact
Both of Mars’ moons are oddballs. They’re small and lumpy like potatoes, and for a long time, astronomers…
3x larger crystal could power laser systems for fusion research
A North Carolina-based company has grown and harvested a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule. Laser crystals,…
Feds Issue Official Warning After Monkeys Suffer Amputations, Burst Organ, Death at Biomere: PETA Statement
ShareShare on Facebook PostShare on X ShareShare on LinkedIn For Immediate Release:August 20, 2026 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Worcester,…