An ‘Eclipse Season’ Begins Today — Here’s What’s About To Happen
Topline An “eclipse season” begins on Monday, July 27, marking the start of a period when the Earth,…
A pangolin collected in 1836 sat unnoticed in a museum for nearly 190 years until its DNA revealed a new species | World News
A nearly 190-year-old pangolin specimen sitting on a museum shelf in London has helped scientists confirm the existence…
Chinese startup raises funds for space situational awareness constellation, joining commercial SSA rush
SINGAPORE — A Beijing-based startup has secured around $14 million to build a satellite constellation for tracking orbital…
A Wandering Black Hole Meets a Wandering Star
What happens when a black hole and a star meet in the middle of nowhere in a galaxy?…
“Look at that, 5ft from the boat.” Skipper spots one of the weirdest fish on the planet off the coast of England
Many people assume there’s not much living in the waters off the coast of England, but the ocean…
There’s a stretch of desert in Chile so dry that a single rain event turned up in four years of instrument records, and its soil fools life-detection hardware in precisely the way Mars does, so NASA spent four field seasons rehearsing a rover mission on it
For four years, an instrument station in the hyperarid core of Chile’s Atacama Desert logged one rain event.…
A 17-year-old student proposed a hybrid nuclear energy system that could reduce an Antarctic base’s carbon emissions by 3,254 tons annually
Image Credit: Cooperativa Ciencia A 17-year-old Chilean high school student, María Javiera Valenzuela, is drawing attention for proposing…
NISAR satellite captured this image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja
Earth is always changing. Glaciers move, forests grow and shrink, wetlands shift, and the ground itself can rise…
Kenya investigating unexpected deaths of 15 elephants in national park | Kenya
Officials are investigating the deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya’s Amboseli national park. The…
The best places to view the solar eclipse in the UK
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Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever
More of Germany’s electricity came from wind and solar power than fossil fuels for the first time ever…
ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar…