Rocket Report: India’s Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company?
How many launches to build a data center megaconstellation? In a new feature, Ars looks into the technical…
Newborn kangaroos are born tiny, blind and embryo-like, but scientists say their arms develop early so they can crawl to the mother’s pouch and survive
Animals and their stories of existence have always surprised humans. From the way they are born to their…
‘Superworms’ help scientists with a vexing task: Cleaning animal specimens
Superworms, the larvae of Zophobas morio, are often used as animal feed. But researchers have discovered they also…
What Is the AQI? Air Quality Index Scale, What It Is, How to Read It
As more than 800 wildfires burn across Canada, including dozens of out-of-control fires in western Ontario, the resulting…
The Perseid Meteor Shower Begins Today: When To Watch
Topline The annual Perseid meteor shower — one of 2026’s celestial highlights — officially begins today, kicking off…
Meet the Black Mambas: In one of South Africa’s regions hardest hit by poaching, 36 unarmed women patrol the frontline and protect endangered rhinos | World News
Across South Africa’s Greater Kruger landscape, a pioneering group of women is challenging conventional ideas about how endangered…
Infectious microbes on Mars could become even more deadly
View larger. | An astronaut examines rocks on Mars in this artist’s concept. A new thesis has explored…
European Service Module team meets Artemis II crew
From left to right, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut…
True friendship shown as dolphins guide stranded whale out of WA estuary
Marine researchers are celebrating after a juvenile southern right whale made its way back into the ocean after…
A 4-billion-year-old weather report. NASA rover discovers asteroid impact on Mars rivalling the one that killed the dinosaurs
A robotic NASA rover on Mars has found evidence of repeated asteroid impacts on the Red Planet that…
Chemistry From Another World Found in The Famous Hillsborough Meteorite : ScienceAlert
In July 2024, residents of the New York metropolitan area were treated to a rare spectacle as a…
Orana Wildlife Park euthanises sick otter
Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park has euthanised one of its otters due to a mass on his neck. In…