Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a “Black Hole Star”
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a new type of cosmic monstrosity: a “black hole…
A shark clamped onto a 12-year-old 60 miles from help. His brother’s split-second move saved him.
Jack Roll, of Friendswood, Texas, saw it before anyone else and decided it was nothing. He took the…
Voyager 1 isn’t dying because anything failed — nearly 50 years of interstellar travel and every original system still works. The mission is ending because a plutonium battery losing 4 watts a year eventually runs out of watts
Voyager 1 is still operating, and the predictable decline of its nuclear power supply is the mission’s central…
Heartwarming story of the man whose heatwave lawn will leave you green with envy. He’s just lost his wife of 50 years and has had six new hips – but even the drought hasn’t stopped Stuart creating perfection. So how DOES he do it?
The view from above is extraordinary. While there are scorched gardens and tinder-dry fields as far as the…
Baby Name of the Week August 14: Eclipse
Each week, the TODAY Parents team highlights a favorite baby name or set of sibling names. It may…
Dolphins Filmed Using New Hunting Tactic Called ‘Shelling’
Dolphins have learned how to use shells to hunt fish now. Photos: Marine Mammal Science Dolphins, as you…
James Webb has found patches of fresh crystalline ice on Europa that should be destroyed by Jupiter’s radiation in less than 15 days — meaning parts of the moon’s frozen surface are being renewed fast enough to keep replacing it, possibly offering clues to activity beneath the ice shell.
Europa’s radiation clock runs fast enough to erase order from its exposed ice in about a fortnight. Charged…
At least two killed after 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesian coast
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday (local time), collapsing buildings and…
A planet called WASP-127b, roughly 520 light-years from Earth, has a jet stream ripping around its equator at up to 33,000 km/h — more than 18 times faster than Neptune’s winds, the fastest found anywhere in our own Solar System.
Astronomers have measured atmospheric motion around the equator of WASP-127b at close to 9 kilometres per second, about…
What a Rabid Animal Actually Looks Like
The post What a Rabid Animal Actually Looks Like appeared first on A-Z Animals. Would you recognize a…
The Brightened Night Sky Nobody Actually Wanted
I have spent a good part of my life pointing telescopes upward and trying to persuade people to…
Bin sins: common recycling mistakes and how to avoid them | Recycling
Australians consider themselves good recyclers. But while more than 90% say recycling is important, many admit to doing…