For the first time in almost 5,000 years of observations, researchers have fully cataloged optical illusions created in the sky as light shines through ice crystals known as atmospheric halos. The … [+4843 chars]
The greatest and longest-lasting marine heatwave ever was the North Pacific Blob, which started in late 2013 and lasted until 2015. According to recent research employing elephant seal data, the Blo… [+4496 chars]
Astronomers have created the largest-ever 3D map of a million distant galaxies obscured by the Milky Way’s neighboring dwarf galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. Magellanic clouds form irregularly gala… [+3130 chars]
Space launches, specifically morning space launches, are causing spectacular shining clouds to appear in new places, according to recent research published in the journal Advancing Earth and Space Sc… [+5834 chars]
Our solar system's citrus-colored gas giant, Jupiter, is no stranger to chaos. And earlier this month, NASA's Juno mission captured a mesmerizing snap to prove that point. During the probe's 43rd cl… [+2700 chars]
In the early 2030s, the European Space Agency intends to plant a probe deep within the crushing atmosphere of Venus a brutal planet that constantly burns at a blistering 864 degrees Fahrenheit (462 d… [+5683 chars]
Penguins are perhaps best known for being flightless birds whose wings help them "fly" through frigid Antarctic waters. But penguins lost their ability to fly and instead became streamlined swimmers … [+5339 chars]
The International Space Station is no bed of roses. Visitors to the orbital outpost have described it as smelling like metallic burnt toast, bacon or gunpowder. European Space Agency astronaut Samant… [+1512 chars]
On July 21, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first European woman to perform a spacewalk. On the occasion of this release, internet users shared an impressive selfie which, accordi… [+2392 chars]
Radio waves from space flow through our atmosphere every day, but the fast, steady and repeated bursts that were detected in 2019 and recently released to the public are unusual and mysterious. Kiy… [+830 chars]
The discovery of an exceptional prehistoric site containing the remains of animals that lived in a tropical sea has been made in a farmer's field in Gloucestershire. Discovered beneath a field graze… [+5520 chars]
One of the objectives for the James Webb Space Telescope is to find out how soon after the Big Bang galaxies began to form, and when stars started manufacturing the elements needed for making planets… [+3801 chars]
