Reusable rockets enable China to rapidly rebuild satellite kill chain
China has achieved two major reusable rocket recovery milestones in little more than a month, potentially bringing the…
In 2021, scientists tested 20 bonnethead sharks and found they use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, suggesting sharks may have a magnetic map |
Twenty bonnethead sharks were given an unusual test at a Florida State University laboratory in 2021: could they…
Rare lunar eclipse to cover 96% of moon this week—how to watch
Skywatchers across much of the United States will have the chance to witness one of the most dramatic…
Govt directs officials to help tackle future shortfall in carbon budgets
The Government has quietly told officials to look into new climate policies to help with a future shortfall…
Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey | Artemis II
The crew of the historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission have earned the US’s top space medal, officials…
‘Best Day of My Entire Life’: Incredible Polar Bear Encounter in Remote Canada
A breathtaking encounter with a polar bear in Canada’s Arctic left one Nunavut resident describing the moment as…
This Suitcase-Sized Spacecraft Could Detect a Signal From Before Stars Existed
Artist’s impression of the CosmoCube satellite. Credit: Surrey Space Technology Ltd A suitcase-sized satellite could use the Moon’s…
People can sense mental decline, says research powered by smartwatches
Older adults may be better judges of their moment-to-moment mental sharpness than scientists once assumed, according to a…
Hidden Structures in Clouds May Solve a Longstanding Mystery About Rainfall
It’s well known that where there’s smoke there’s fire, but did you know that where there’s rain there’s…
Quote of the day by Jennifer Wiseman: “Our bodies actually depend on…” |
Look up at the night sky and the stars can seem impossibly distant, disconnected from the ordinary details…
Surveys at the Ivanpah solar site in the Mojave predicted at most 32 desert tortoises, and crews then unearthed close to 1,000, halted construction for three months and spent 56 million dollars relocating them, with one juvenile carried off to an eagle nest, microchip still pinging
Before the bulldozers rolled into the Ivanpah Valley, in the California Mojave just short of the Nevada line,…
Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster
The fossil record preserves this same fragmented leaf litter. Comparing the shapes of thousands of epidermal cells with…