Portsmouth pub landlord assists injured swan rescue with kayak
A pub landlord used his kayak to help save a male swan from a near-fatal injury. Sussex Volunteer…
Astronaut Don Pettit described the light flashes crossing his eyes on the International Space Station as ‘luminous dancing fairies’ — the same cosmic rays Apollo crews reported, still arriving decades later above your head tonight
Don Pettit, floating in the darkened lab of the International Space Station, closed his eyes and watched streaks…
Despite stiff political headwinds, tribe in Colorado brings utility scale solar project online : NPR
Construction vehicles at the site of the Foxtail Flats solar energy project in New Mexico Roberto Rosales/Tierra Adentra…
Scientists discover a new way to destroy a star, unlike anything they’ve ever seen before
The Universe has taught scientists a never-seen-before method of annihilating a star. The discovery came when a team…
In 1851, a French physicist suspended a metal ball from a 67-metre wire, and it became one of the first direct proofs that the Earth rotates |
Most of us accept that the Earth rotates because we have been taught it since childhood. We have…
‘Once-in-a-millennium’ asteroid flyby will be visible to much of the world in 2029
Three years before the skyscraper-size asteroid Apophis makes its very close (but safe) flyby of Earth, scientists have…
Tourist spots across Europe hit by wildfires as Greece warns of toxic smoke
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Elon Musk’s No. 2 Says She’s Giving SpaceX Stock to Trump Accounts
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says she’s donating company stock to Trump Accounts, days after President Donald Trump predicted…
Oak Ridge, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM Demonstrate Quantum Simulations for Fusion Materials
Insider Brief Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM have performed quantum computer-based calculations of…
Brown bears survived the Ice Age by repeatedly changing their jaws
Before the last Ice Age ended, Europe’s brown bears repeatedly reshaped their jaws as the climate swung between…
The Parker Solar Probe, launched by NASA in 2018, has flown closer to the Sun than any human-made object in history — traveling at more than 430,000 miles per hour with a heat shield that reaches 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, while the instruments behind it stay at room temperature, protected by four and a half inches of carbon foam
At 6:53 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 — while most of the American public…
July 4 Aurora Lit 30 States as G3 Solar Storm Beat NOAA Forecast by Two Levels
Millions of Americans watching Independence Day fireworks on the night of July 3–4 got an unexpected second show…