Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter | Astronomy
Those already out and about at 5am this week will be rewarded with a beautiful waning crescent moon…
Manatees confirmed mating in Mississippi waters for first time
DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (WLOX) — Researchers have documented for the first time that manatees are living and mating in…
Through her estate, poet Jane Mead donated the 1,318-acre Mead Ranch above Napa Valley, knitting a wildlife corridor beside the 2,300-acre Walt Ranch and the 1,380-acre Sutro Preserve
A gift of land arrived in Napa County by way of an estate, which is to say it…
2 hurricanes making their way through Pacific Ocean: What to know about potential impacts to Hawaii, West Coast
Hawaii and Southern California are facing high surf impacts this weekend as multiple tropical systems churn across the…
Saturn’s South Pole Is Apparently Decagon-Shaped
Saturn’s north pole captured by Cassini in 2013. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill) Although some would argue that the…
Portlanders in Sellwood say skunks are taking over yards, spraying pets
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Residents in Southeast Portland’s Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood say skunks are increasingly taking over their yards,…
In 2021, NASA grew Hatch chile peppers aboard the ISS for 137 days; four plants in the Advanced Plant Habitat yielded 26 peppers, and the stems holding flower to fruit grew straight instead of curved as they do on Earth
In 2021, a chile plant did something on the International Space Station that it has never done on…
Study finds excess nutrients can lie dormant in soil for years before polluting rivers
By Rachel Cramer | Harvest Public Media New research from the U.S. Geological Survey shows nutrient pollution increased…
Imminent Earth Impactor: CERNQ52
Image credit: European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center The European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth…
Trump signs executive order on wolf delisting
USA TODAY NETWORK Among a long list of measures purported to help beef growers, President Donald Trump signed…
California researchers find way to pinpoint major earthquake hotspots
Researchers at a public university in California say they have developed a way to identify the most likely…
Arctic Rivers Are Defying What Scientists Thought They Knew About Erosion : ScienceAlert
Scientists have to follow the data, even if it doesn’t make sense. This is the situation that researchers…