Legacy Survey of Space and Time Launches with Record Camera
The cosmos is about to get a close-up of appropriately epic proportions. Resting on a Chilean mountaintop, the…
Earth’s largest waterfall is not Niagara or Victoria Falls—it lies entirely underwater in the Denmark Strait, where cold, dense water cascades roughly 3,500 metres down the ocean floor, a drop more than three times the height of Angel Falls.
The largest waterfall on Earth has no viewing platform, no mist rising into sunlight, and no tourist boats…
A Rapidly-Growing Black Hole in a Nearby Galaxy Could Provide a Window Into the Early Universe.
An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) recently made a…
Major H5 blow as first Aussie bird and mammal cases found
Australia’s bird flu fight has taken a sinister turn following the discovery of two landmark cases. Authorities in…
The Andean long-eared mouse, the mammal that holds the key to surviving at altitudes of more than 22,000 feet | Science
At the summit of the Llullaillaco volcano, on the border between Chile and Argentina, there is only rock,…
Colombia’s outgoing environment minister warns of climate action setbacks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia ’s outgoing environment minister warned Friday that the incoming government could reverse recent…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for 35th time, hauls Starlink satellites to orbit
A SpaceX rocket just inched closer to the record books. A Falcon 9 vehicle lifted off from Vandenberg…
Scientists uncover secrets of tiny Andean mouse living on the world’s highest peaks
WASHINGTON, July 11 — At first glance, it’s just a rodent. But the Andean leaf-eared mouse is,…
Lab-grown sperm: scientists inch closer to fertility breakthrough
Researchers are trying to make human sperm (shown here in a colourized electron microscope image) from stem cells…
We tend to assume life needs a star to begin, but a 2025 study found that some moons carried into deep space by planets expelled during supernova explosions could preserve subsurface oceans for billions of years — heated not by sunlight, but by the repeated gravitational flexing of their orbits.
The usual picture of life begins with a star. A planet forms around it, settles into an orbit…
Europe just unveiled a new rival to SpaceX’s Starship
When SpaceX’s Starship lifted off from the Texas coast in the summer of 2023, it marked a milestone…
Scientists discover the one nutrient beneficial parasites can’t live without
Intestinal worms may help reduce inflammation, but new research suggests they can only do so when they have…