SScience Read More Is empty space really empty? This magnetic star may finally solve a 90-year-old mysteryAugust 15, 2026 Empty space is not as empty as it looks. That is the takeaway of a new study examining…
EEnvironment Read More The Great Barrier Reef isn’t dead yet. According to News Corp that makes climate science a ‘pseudo-religion’ | Graham ReadfearnAugust 15, 2026 The Australian newspaper appeared to think it had a slam-dunk this week with a front page story pointing…
SSpace Read More SpaceX’s Starship generates more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V that carried humans to the Moon, yet after 13 test flights it still hasn’t demonstrated ship-to-ship refueling in orbit — one of the biggest technical hurdles standing between Starship and Mars.August 15, 2026 SpaceX’s Starship V3 leaves its launch pad with roughly 18 million pounds of thrust. NASA credits the Saturn…
WWildlife Read More Rescued lions and tigers leave Argentine zoo for sanctuaries abroadAugust 15, 2026 LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Thirty lions and tigers that were kept alive — barely — for years in…
SScience Read More A planet called WASP-127b, roughly 520 light-years from Earth, has a jet stream ripping around its equator at up to 33,000 km/h — more than 18 times faster than Neptune’s winds, the fastest found anywhere in our own Solar System.August 15, 2026 Astronomers have measured atmospheric motion around the equator of WASP-127b at close to 9 kilometres per second, about…
EEnvironment Read More Abandoned Russian tanker leaking oil off Oman coast, threatening environmental disasterAugust 15, 2026 A Russian tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil has run aground off the coast of Oman —…
SSpace Read More NASA Administrator ‘extremely confident’ in Artemis 3 mission in 2027 – Spaceflight NowAugust 15, 2026 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announces the Max Power event, an air and space expo that will take place…
PPhysics Read More ETH Zurich researchers detect a possible fifth force of natureAugust 15, 2026 Precision measurements of calcium atoms revealed an unexpected pattern that cannot be explained by the simplest atomic physics…
WWildlife Read More Four more belugas flown from Canada to new home in Chicago in rescue missionAugust 15, 2026 CHICAGO (AP) — Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to…
SScience Read More The death of dark energy is a false alarm – the universe is still acceleratingAugust 15, 2026 A 2025 study by South Korean researchers caught the attention of the astronomy community when it suggested that…
EEnvironment Read More ‘Tinderbox’ Britain bans disposable barbecues, sends nationwide fire alerts as Europe battles blazesAugust 15, 2026 LONDON — The U.K. imposed a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbecues and sent a nationwide…
SSpace Read More Wallops gears up for an increase in launchesAugust 15, 2026 SALISBURY, Md. — With a projected surge in launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in the coming years, companies…