A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea
When the 11,000-ton cruise ship Le Boréal set sail from Nice, France, on Thursday, Aug. 6, its 205…
Optics & Photonics News – Correlated Electrons Boost X-Ray Harmonics
Researchers have generated previously unobtainable X-ray harmonics by firing intense ultraviolet laser pulses at helium gas in a…
The ‘world’s first rewilded sharks’ are being raised by shark nannies
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Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in ‘The Martian’
Europe’s Mars Express orbiter has captured new, stunning imagery flying low over a geological region of the Red…
As super El Nino looms, wealthy nations must learn from those already living with water scarcity
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Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched another satellite for Japanese radar-imaging company iQPS on Aug. 20. An Electron rocket…
How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Stars are a critical piece of the larger cosmos. They’re engines of nucleosynthesis, forging the elements—and the planets—that…
Nat Geo’s ‘Lion’ Cinematography Interview with Sophie Darlington
We live in a world where pretty much anything can be rendered photorealistically, from animals to aliens to…
Cellular Life Process Captured Live for First Time
All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the…
Beijing Bets on Fossil Fuels Even as It Leads the World in Renewables
China has become the world’s largest renewable energy producer by accelerating the rollout of solar, wind, and battery…
On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: Voyager 2 launches to the outer planets
On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets.…
These Whale Calls Appear to Break Physics, but the Truth Is Even Weirder
While tracking whale calls near Massachusetts, oceanographer John Spiesberger noticed that the software he was using was clocking…