The Sky Today on Saturday, June 20: Libra’s Ghost Cluster
Back to Article List The globular cluster NGC 5897 glows in Libra the Balance, a ghostly twin to…
Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback From Climate Disaster in Turkiye (WATCH)
Flamingos with chick Royal Zoological Society via SWNS In a triumph for conservation, thousands of flamingo chicks have…
NASA’s Swift Boost Mission Will Launch Later This Month To Rescue A Falling Telescope
The Swift Boost rescue mission will soon head to space.
NASA/Ron Beard The NASA Swift Boost…
Jersey homeowners warned to take care when trimming hedgerows
Branchage, which literally means branches, is required by an 111-year-old law that asks land owners or renters in…
Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice
This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern…
Orphaned pine marten kit would not have survived in the wild
The pine marten kit, which was found in a bin along with two dead siblings earlier this year,…
Scientists say the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse with very little additional warming and the four metres of sea level rise that would follow cannot be stopped once it begins
A modelling study published in Communications Earth & Environment in June 2025 found that the West Antarctic Ice…
Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach | Texas
A Texas beach can be closed during rocket launches by Elon Musk’s SpaceX after the state’s supreme court…
Firefighters Put Basketball Games On Hold To Help Tiny Animal Living In Hoop
During their downtime, firefighters at Arizona’s Northwest Fire District Station 338 might normally unwind by shooting hoops in…
iPTF14hls: the star that has exploded six times and defies all theories
When astronomers first observed iPTF14hls in September 2014, they identified it as a supernova and expected it to…
Fiji Blocks Controversial Australian-Backed Waste Incinerator Project
Fiji has rejected Australia’s proposal to ship waste to the South Pacific country to burn and produce energy,…
The tallest volcano in the solar system is so wide that from most places on its slopes, you would never see a dramatic summit rising ahead of you — Olympus Mons is broader than some countries, and its gentle flanks curve away with Mars long before the mountain looks like a mountain at all.
Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest volcano in the solar system, rising about 22 kilometres above the…