Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk photo of the day for July 7, 2026
NASA astronaut Chris Williams flexes his muscles while on a spacewalk in this image snapped by fellow astronaut…
Somerset crane chick gives hope that the species is back
Cranes were once widespread and probably very common across the UK, but they were lost as a breeding…
In photos: Evacuations as Kaikōura declares state of emergency
A State of Emergency has been declared in the Kaikōura District this morning as flooding caused by prolonged…
Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth
How do you stop a large, threatening asteroid on its way to Earth? A new Chinese paper, investigating…
‘Push back’ from councils over flexible plastic recycling plans
SHETLAND Islands Council (SIC) is “certainly not lying down” to the Scottish Government over an unpopular proposed change…
One SpaceX analyst sees Musk’s space company quintupling to $800
Space Exploration Technologies ‘ Starship launch technology is likely to serve as critical infrastructure for a resurgence in…
Antineutrino detectors could spot signs that a fusion reactor is producing weapons-grade plutonium – Physics World
Antineutrino detectors could spot signs that a fusion reactor is producing weapons-grade plutonium – Physics World Skip to…
See it: Great white shark filmed in this state’s waters for expected first time
In a rare underwater view, a great white shark was spotted swimming off Block Island in Rhode Island.…
Breakthrough at comet 3I/ATLAS. Scientists say they can pin down what the interstellar comet’s birthplace was like
A team of scientists say comet 3I/ATLAS probably formed in the outskirts of an old star system, around…
Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture
Cover cropping between the coffee plants – credit, KCL officer Aventino Ssentume, provided to the IUCN Among the…
Unpacking Europe’s new weather imagers
Applications 07/07/2026 268 views 5 likes The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has begun its launch…
We tend to think of the universe as roughly uniform, with galaxies scattered in every direction — but the Boötes Void, discovered in 1981 during a redshift survey, is a vast cosmic underdensity up to 330 million light-years across, containing only a few dozen known galaxies where thousands might otherwise be expected
On the scale of the whole observable universe, matter is assumed to be spread out fairly evenly: enough…