NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars
When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander…
19.2-attosecond X-ray pulse lets scientists freeze electron motion
Electrons just got caught in the act. For decades, scientists have known that electrons quietly dictate almost everything,…
He tried to save a sheep — and discovered it was something else entirely
It looked like a lost sheep from the road: a bright, trembling bundle in the grass. Up close,…
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other
This panoramic view of SPHEREx’s first all-sky map simulates how the sky looks to the telescope. It transitions…
‘Tiger widows’ from the Sundarbans are restoring the big cat’s habitat
EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing…
See the flash of a meteorite striking the moon in new video
It’s hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that…
Atomic system acts like a quantum Newton’s cradle – Physics World
Atomic system acts like a quantum Newton’s cradle – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
‘Please tell me [they] were charged’
A video showing a tour group’s flagrant disregard for safety rules at the Rocky Mountain National Park ignited…
International team awarded $16.3M to fund neutrino detection
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Stephanie Wissel, associate professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics in the Penn…
How to make sure water is safe to drink: four practical tips
Water is a vital resource. Life on earth, as we know it, is impossible without access to safe…
This extremely rare starlit frog may be slipping into extinction – are wildlife photographers to blame?
A series of photography trips has left one of the world’s most visually spectacular frogs in peril. The…
Astronomers Pinpoint Black Holes as the Power Source Behind Mysterious Cosmic Flashes – W. M. Keck Observatory
Observations of AT 2024wpp reveal that luminous fast blue optical transients are driven by extreme stellar destruction—not supernovae…