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Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse

Australia is the planet's extinction hotspot, but one animal offers a glimmer of hope

The country is home to some of the world's most unique species - but it is losing them at an alarming rate.

Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

This is an interactive emulator of the Flight Data System (FDS) computer from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which…

The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success

About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.

NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year

NASA has made adjustments to the 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe to extend its operational life for another year by managing…

Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires

Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.

Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500

Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.

The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow

Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.

How snails engineer their slime

Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical properties of different kinds of mucus.

An all-sky map of half a million supermassive black holes

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released Data Release 20, providing optical spectra for over 500,000 galaxies and…

Möbius-Strip Crosswords

Robert Guilbert Sr., a retired Milwaukee ad copywriter, invented a crossword-based game called Pago Pago in the 1980s…

Iceberg Collapses and Flips over in Ilulissat, Greenland (July 25, 2026) [video]

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The world's biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun's surface

We expected them to be there, but they had previously been too small to see.

Postbiotic supplement boosts body’s own GLP-1 and weight loss

A small trial suggests a supplement containing dead bacteria could offer a cheaper alternative to weight-loss drugs such…

Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice

A new study published in Science Advances suggests that life on Earth may have originated twice independently, with…

The Gargantuan Lie That Is Collapsing the Climate

The article argues that society is built on a "gargantuan lie" about climate change—the belief that we have sufficient…

SpaceX crash site on moon revealed by South Korean orbiter

An out-of-control SpaceX rocket that crashed into the moon earlier this week did, in fact, leave an impact crater,…

Could geoengineering ‘ice arches’ help preserve Arctic sea ice?

Researchers are investigating whether artificially thickening ice blockages between Canada and Greenland could prevent…

Drought and heat push Europe’s power grid to breaking point

High temperatures and low water levels have forced several countries to shut down nuclear reactors just as citizens turn…

A mathematical measure of surprise explains why we fall for clickbait

Why are we so susceptible to clickbait?

4 ways to watch a solar eclipse without burning your eyes

Even during a solar eclipse, it isn’t safe to look directly at the sun, but with a proper solar filter or a simple…

Moment earthquake shakes hospital operating room in Japan

Security camera footage shows doctors shielding a patient on the operating table as last month's magnitude 6.8 quake…

Spin audit of SQD/QSCI quantum-chemistry benchmarks on iron–sulfur clusters

Researchers at Pure State Labs conducted a critical audit of sample-based quantum diagonalization (SQD) benchmarks on…

Where is Jackie? Beloved live cam eagle in critical condition

The bald eagle, who has gained worldwide fame as the protagonist of a nest live-stream in California, has been diagnosed…

Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS

Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured out to install a mounting hardware for the future addition of solar…

Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight microbes linked to cancers

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania developed a bioengineered chewing gum that reduced HPV by up to 93% and…

Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun's surface

An international team of astronomers has released the highest-resolution image ever of the Sun's surface, captured by…

Large genome models used to design new viruses

The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.

Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident

"The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."