Ring camera captures 9-foot alligator crashing through a Florida pool screen at dawn
A Ring camera recorded a massive alligator this week smashing through a screened enclosure and sliding into a…
Astronauts who have seen the whole Earth at once describe the overview effect — every war and border and argument hanging in silence — and afterwards traffic and small talk can feel strangely far away, like the world seen through glass
Edgar Mitchell, riding home aboard Apollo 14 in February 1971 after walking on the Fra Mauro highlands, watched…
Trump cancels protections for animals threatened with extinction
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Monday briefing: 50 years after Viking landed on Mars, did Nasa overlook evidence of life? | Science
Good morning. As Andy Burnham’s search for intelligent life to appoint to cabinet continues (more on that from…
Wolves return to Hampshire park two years after pack deaths
They first spent time in Belgium forming a bond before making the journey to Hampshire together. Jason Palmer,…
Solar eclipse to hit Edinburgh as temperatures plummet during natural phenomenon
91 per cent of the sun will be covered in the Edinburgh sky during the event 12:59, 19…
See The Moon Meet Two Of Summer’s Brightest Stars: Night Sky This Week
Topline This week is perfect for letting the moon give you a tour of some of the night…
Newcastle planning change plea to protect swift population
The charity has been running a petition urging Newcastle City Council to make changes to planning regulations since…
The Case of the Sun’s Missing Silver
There is something quietly reassuring about a scientific mystery that gets solved not by a dramatic new discovery,…
Curlew chicks released after eggs rescued from wildfire
Four endangered curlew chicks have been released into the wild after their eggs were rescued from a wildfire…
What’s the oldest weapon in the world?
Nowadays, the word “weapon” may evoke modern-day technologies such as firearms, blades and missiles. Yet archaeological evidence shows…
We assume life needs a sun, but a team at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich calculated in 2026 that moons orbiting starless rogue planets could sustain liquid oceans for up to 4.3 billion years — roughly as long as Earth has existed — without a single ray of starlight
An Earth-sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-like rogue planet could retain surface liquid water for as long as 4.3…