Grizzly bear sends a bold Yellowstone wolf packing after it eyes the bear’s bison carcass meal
A wolf thought it was a good idea to attempt to steal from a massive grizzly bear. As…
A tiny “quasi-moon” called Kamoʻoalewa shadows Earth’s orbit and may be a piece of the actual Moon blasted into space by an ancient impact — and China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now closing in to bring a sample back to Earth.
Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa loops along…
Where Will You Travel to Next?
Dear Traveller, Whether you’re enjoying the summer with a backyard barbecue, a trip to the cottage, or an…
In 1776, the moon was a clock, a calendar and a streetlight — and it was 31 feet closer to Earth
After Americans declared independence on July 4, 1776, a waning gibbous moon rose in the night sky. To…
Galaxy Groups Hiding in the Universe’s Emptiest Places
Imagine standing in the emptiest place the universe has to offer, a stretch of cosmic ocean so vast…
Australian spider declared world’s fastest after record-breaking sprint
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor
Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating in low-Earth orbit to light up its Starlink internet competitor.…
Voyage to the end of the world: floating lab to explore life in Arctic adrift in ice | Arctic
Six scientists and six crew will travel next month to Kirkenes, a remote Arctic town in Norway near…
China has 400 private space companies. The West is barely paying attention
China’s private space industry barely existed a decade ago. Today, more than 400 commercial space companies are operating…
Single Ion Detector Could Lead to Improvements in Quantum Computers and Sensors
Insider Brief ETH Zurich researchers developed a technique that uses trapped ions to create high-resolution three-dimensional maps of…
Sightings of humpback whales surge in Rio de Janeiro, fueling demand for whale-watching trips
RIO DE JANEIRO — Sightings of humpback whales off Rio de Janeiro’s coast are surging as they recover…
A Brazilian researcher just found a 153-day route to Mars inside a file that asteroid trackers had already discarded as too rough to use, and it raises a reasonable question about what else is in the bin
A study published in April 2026 in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Astronautica identifies a set of Earth-to-Mars trajectories…