How to witness Venus and Saturn conjunction?
Footage released by NASA on Wednesday reveals aurora ribbons shimmering above Earth, while a thin orange line of…
NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other
Roughly 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller companion orbiting them. These paired objects are…
Man stuck on car roof, woman rescued as most of Queensland remains on flood alert
A swiftwater rescue team has been called to the Burnett Highway at Booubyjan in the Gympie region, where…
NASA shares photos of an extraordinary event seen by astronauts
While most people witness only the familiar crack of thunder and flash of lightning from storms on Earth,…
Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science
The Arctic has been in the news a lot lately. Between the increased geopolitical interest in Greenland, claims…
Cambridge scientists capture electrons leaping across solar materials in 18 femtoseconds
A tiny burst of motion inside a molecule may be enough to shove an electron across a solar…
Here’s Why Everyone’s Talking About Punch the Monkey
There I was, mindlessly scrolling through Instagram, when I saw him. He was under 2 feet tall, sporting…
How China Plans to Tackle Its Massive Solar Panel Waste Problem
Solar power is on a meteoric rise around the world. Over the next five years, solar photovoltaics will…
Will humans and animals ever be able to converse? Here’s what science says.
Studying the ways different species communicate—through sight, sound, and scent—is challenging. Many species live in remote habitats, or…
🔭 Could the next interstellar object passing through our System be a black hole?
Could a black hole pass through our solar system at high speed? This possibility, once confined to science…
11 ways to make your life quieter
In 1958, John Connell wrote a letter to this newspaper. He felt that Britain was getting louder, and…
China offers new insights into one of lunar science’s enduring mysteries
Recent advances in AI are helping scientists unlock new secrets about the Moon’s far side, one of the…