Eutelsat orders extra OneWeb satellites and kicks off IRIS² LEO contracts
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat has ordered another 229 OneWeb satellites to extend its low Earth orbit broadband constellation…
Astronomers used 69 fast radio bursts as cosmic backlights to complete the clearest census yet of the universe’s missing ordinary matter, finding that roughly 76% resides as extremely diffuse ionized gas in the vast spaces between galaxies — while only 9% remains inside galaxies as stars and gas.
The universe’s “missing matter” was never thought to have vanished. Cosmologists could infer how much ordinary, atom-building matter…
In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places
Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to contribute…
A 14-year-old in New York folded 54 variations of the same origami crease pattern and stacked dumbbells on them to see which collapsed — the winning fold held more than 9,000 times its own weight, the design is aimed at flat-pack disaster shelters, and it took the $25,000 top middle-school prize
The apparatus for one of the year’s most celebrated student experiments was paper and gym equipment. Miles Wu,…
Hurricane Lowell knocks out a Hawaii port that is main source for food and fuel
HONOLULU — Crews began repairing the only cargo port on one of Hawaii’s smallest main islands while power…
APOD: 2026 September 11 – M83: The Southern Pinwheel
Explanation: Beautiful and bright spiral galaxy M83 lies some twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long…
Physicists just found a tiny glitch in time itself
Quantum mechanics has always challenged our everyday understanding of reality. In the quantum world, particles can exist in…
Why this year’s bear activity near Bend is so severe | Pets, Animals and Nature
BEND, Ore. — Bear sightings in residential areas are skyrocketing this fall, with a bear cub spotted wandering…
The First Denisovan Arm Bone Offers a New Clue to What These Ancient and Mysterious Humans Looked Like
The fossil is only about 4.5 centimeters long, a broken piece of the radius near the elbow. But…
Lynchburg to temporarily provide water to parts of Campbell County amid drought
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The city of Lynchburg announced on Thursday that the Lynchburg Water Resources will begin…
After more than 50 years, a solar telescope in New Mexico is being pulled down, after liquid mercury from the bearing that let its 250-ton optical system turn was found inside the tower. Crews found the metal on January 5.
A solar telescope in New Mexico is being torn down, and the reason is a pool of liquid…
Watch This Adorable Baby Deer Play With a Squeaky Toy and Steal Hearts Online
Spotting a deer from the car window, or occasionally from the windows of my parents’ home in the…