Rupert Read: We face a tougher task for national survival
My column this week is rather different from usual. I focus today on some words that have recently…
This telescope made me the stargazer I am today and it’s perfect for beginners
When I was looking at taking my first steps into stargazing I wanted a telescope that was affordable…
At its birth, Earth had no Moon. Then something perhaps the size of Mars slammed into the young planet, flinging molten debris into orbit that became the companion world now pulling our tides, steadying our seasons, and perhaps helping make Earth stable enough for life to flourish.
Earth began without a Moon. The young planet, barely formed, had no companion in orbit, and how it…
A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hours to reach the engineers who built it, most of whom are no longer alive
Voyager 1 has been in flight for longer than most of the people on Earth have been alive.…
Uganda conservationists increase efforts to protect mountain gorillas
Mountain gorillas are some of man’s closest living relatives They share more than 98% of their DNA with…
Webb finds clues to ancient origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Science & Exploration 22/06/2026 1500 views 22 likes The third identified interstellar comet in human history has a…
50 Days To A Total Solar Eclipse — Where And When To Experience It
Topline A rare and spectacular total solar eclipse is now just weeks away. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026,…
Two marsupial species once known to science only from fossils, and thought lost for more than 6,000 years, have been confirmed alive in the rainforests of New Guinea’s Vogelkop Peninsula — a discovery made possible by old museum specimens, rare field photographs, fossil fragments and the knowledge of Indigenous Tambrauw and Maybrat elders.
Two marsupials known to science only from fossils, and presumed gone for more than 6,000 years, have turned…
For as much as 14,000 years, the aspen clone called Pando has spread across 106 Utah acres as roughly 47,000 trunks, 13 million pounds of wood and roots, and one male organism still trying to replace itself through shoots the deer keep eating
On a ridge above Fish Lake in south-central Utah, Pando looks like a forest until you learn where…
EU economy greenhouse gas emissions: -17% since 2015 – News articles
In 2025, the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the EU’s economy and households were estimated at 3.3 billion…
NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space
NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is back in operation aboard the International Space Station, giving researchers a powerful…
Photographer has nervy encounter with enormous grizzly bear in Alaska
Bears make for majestic wildlife photo subjects, but get too close and they may just start eyeing you…