‘Giraffe’s head’ sinkhole stunt backfires in South Africa
When politicians from South Africa’s main opposition party put a stuffed giraffe’s head into a sinkhole, their plan…
Webb found strong evidence of a Saturn-mass planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A — our nearest solar twin, just 4 light-years away — then the planet seemed to disappear, sending astronomers into millions of simulated orbits to work out how it could have slipped from view.
On one night in August 2024, the James Webb Space Telescope recorded a faint point of mid-infrared light…
From Wales with love: Stranded sea turtle Rhossi back in Texas after epic 5k-mile trek : NPR
NPR’s Eyder Peralta talks to the care team of Rhossi, a sea turtle from the Gulf of Mexico…
NASA funds spherical ‘Aerobots’ that could explore the caves of Saturn’s moon Titan
Spherical “Aerobots” may one day swarm the caves of Titan — a moon of Saturn that NASA says…
China pushes quantum entanglement 4x to 260 miles across fiber
Quantum networks could eventually connect computers and sensors across cities, but distance remains a major engineering hurdle. Quantum…
Divers rescue sharks trapped in crab pot
A wildlife charity has said its encouraging people to report lost fishing gear they come across while at…
Voyager 2 is nearly 50 years old, losing about 4 watts of power every year as its plutonium power source fades — and NASA just bought it at least another year of science with an all-at-once power-system swap engineers called the “Big Bang,” performed on a spacecraft with razor-thin power margins and no possibility of physical repair.
Voyager 2 has no repair port that anyone can reach, no spare spacecraft waiting nearby and no possibility…
Belgium’s largest wildfire on record spreads towards German border | Climate News
Neighbouring countries send personnel to help keep the blaze from crossing into Germany. Published On 16 Aug 202616…
SpaceX Sets Record With Two Falcon 9 Launches in 38 Minutes, Proving Rocket Reusability and Routine Spaceflight From Both US Coasts
Thirty-eight-and-a-half minutes. That was all SpaceX needed to move from launching commercial communications satellites from Florida to sending…
Vietnamese scientists explore universe through some of world’s largest physics experiments
Through “High-Energy Physics Research through Selected International Experiments in Japan,” the Vietnamese scientists have joined two of the…
‘Awed by nature’: fans mourn California’s beloved Jackie the bald eagle, whose legacy soars on | California
The bald eagle Jackie made her home on the shore of southern California’s Big Bear Lake for most…
“It’s likened to being shot or walking over hot coals with a rusty nail driven into your foot…” World’s 10 most agonisingly painful stings from creepy-crawlies
Pain is subjective, and although most stings are a real nuisance, there are very few that can stop…