On this day in space! Aug. 9, 1976: Soviet Luna 24 sample return probe launches to the moon
On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic…
Indian professor wins eminent Dirac Medal, joining Hawking and other physics giants
Deepak Dhar, an IINSA distinguished professor and one of India’s most respected theoretical physicists, has been awarded the…
In 2017, Antigua and Barbuda removed invasive rats and goats from Redonda; by 2023, vegetation biomass rose over 2,000% and ground dragons increased 13-fold
Redonda had become a thriving haven for wildlife within a few years, and now it has received a…
NASA finds a giant field of geometric cracks that may hold new clues to water on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has sent back one of its most striking views of Mars yet: a valley floor…
Researchers mapped more than 100 lakes across 1,000 kilometres of Brazil and Uruguay; the network could detect ecosystem stress before irreversible damage
Published in the journal One Ecosystem, the research provides the first systematic assessment of the Southern American Coastal…
Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 3 days to totality
2026-08-09T09:29:49.860Z What actually happens during a total solar eclipse? A composite image revealing the beauty of each stage…
Operation Beluga — or how a Soviet ice breaker played music to thousands of ice-trapped whales to save them from starving
Credit: Library of Congress collection. The Soviet Union now belongs largely to memory and history books, and many…
‘His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee’: The weird world of alchemy before chemistry
Long before chemistry was a formal science, humans were experimenting with substances to solve problems, cure illnesses and…
Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World’s Most Endangered Species
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his actor buddy Leonardo DiCaprio are catching some heavy flak recently, but for…
Europe’s first total solar eclipse in almost 30 years: What you need to know | World News
Day will briefly turn into night for parts of Europe this week as the continent experiences its first…
8-foot python found living under family’s shed — and X-rays discovered what it ate
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In 1967, US satellites hunting secret nuclear tests detected a flash from deep space; the accidental signal became the first observed gamma-ray burst
Artist’s concept of a close-up naked-eye view of a GRB. Credit: NASA For more than half a century,…