America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
Happy Fourth of July, Space Fans! As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, we here at Space.com…
Mystery crab invasion 50 miles from the sea in Biggleswade
Crabs have been spotted scuttling around a town more than 50 miles (80km) from the coast. Not even…
’Time bomb’ warning issued over pet owners’ AI use
Fears have been raised that the use of AI platforms could replace visits to the vet. Share Image:…
Scientists stunned: it’s not the Great Wall astronauts see from space
Scientists stunned: it’s not the Great Wall astronauts see from space – Futura-Sciences July 4, 2026 3 min…
Lucky boat crew spot large fin in Devon waters and realise it’s amazing creature
A boat tour company must have felt very privileged to come across this rare creature while they were…
In 1995, astronomers pointed Hubble at a patch of sky so dark it looked empty and held it there for ten days. The image that came back contained roughly 3,000 galaxies — not stars, but galaxies — many holding billions of stars of their own.
In December 1995, Hubble did something that sounded almost like a misuse of a great telescope. It stared…
Evocative photos of Canadian Arctic win New Scientist Editors Award
A hunter in Tuktoyaktuk in Canada’s Northwest Territories uses decoy geese to lure birds Natalya Saprunova The realities…
It’s tempting to assume faster engines make faster spacecraft, but Parker Solar Probe’s record 430,000 miles per hour came mostly from gravity: seven Venus flybys spent nearly seven years bending its orbit closer to the Sun, until the Sun’s own pull accelerated it faster than any human-made object in history.
It is easy to imagine the fastest spacecraft as the one with the most ferocious engine. Parker Solar…
Elk, not bears, were behind most aggressive wildlife encounters in Canadian parks, and campground incidents made the risk jump sharply for visitors | World News
Forget bears; elk are the real troublemakers in Canadian parks, a new study reveals. These seemingly gentle giants…
Synthetic cell grows, divides for the first time
A synthetic cell built from scratch — no living components, just liposomes, DNA, and 36 commercial enzymes standing…
Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’ | National parks
On a crisp, sunny morning at the end of June, dappled light filtered through the canopy of an…
Rocket Lab Announces a Massive $8 Billion Satellite Acquisition. Now What?
While the market remains largely focused on newly IPO’d Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), known as SpaceX, and…