NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classifications
The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an…
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
The federal government has approved plans by a start-up company to test a satellite that would use a…
In July 2026, Europe’s Euclid telescope found 31 of the oldest quasars ever seen, two now shining with the light of a trillion suns when the cosmos was just 5 percent of its present age — their glow 13 billion years in the coming
Europe’s Euclid telescope has found 31 of the oldest known quasars in one go, and the haul roughly…
How Photographers Are Using Insta360 Cameras to Protect Sharks
To celebrate Shark Awareness Day, Insta360 has released a new video created in collaboration with renowned conservationists, photographers,…
Much of America is about to swelter under climate-fueled heat dome
Most of America’s Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus is spraying a hidden ocean into space — and inside that spray is the same chemical fuel that feeds life in Earth’s deepest oceans
Saturn’s sixth-largest moon leaks. Through a set of fractures near its south pole, nicknamed the tiger stripes, Enceladus…
Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife : NPR
Banners of former President George Washington and President Donald Trump hang above an entrance to the Department of…
Heat and fire generate overlapping problems for much of southern Europe
Nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through a tinder-dry area close to Spain’s…
This summer’s sunset solar eclipse will be like nothing you’ve ever seen. It’s a rare, beautiful sight you won’t want to miss
On August 12, 2026, for observers in eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera),…
Japan’s wild deer bow to tourists who approach them, but not out of politeness, because they have learned that bowing brings food
Wild deer at Nara Park | Wikimedia Commons The sight has become one of Nara’s most famous tourist…
Life in France in 40 degree heat: Parisian heat traps are only part of the equation – The Irish Times
From crossing to the shady side of the street when it’s not yet 9am, enviously eyeing up the…
Your lost dog can now call home with the world’s 1st satellite-connected dog collar
Imagine you’re on a hike in a remote mountain range. Your hyperactive dog catches the scent of a…