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A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
A river of gas over a trillion miles long is streaming onto a young planet-forming system and is tipping it over.
Not all 'doom and gloom': Reform's deputy leader downplays climate crisis – video
Richard Tice suggested Britain should 'adapt' to the climate crisis, arguing we 'can't stop it', at a Reform UK press conference. When asked if climate change was real during the …
What is Ebola and why is the outbreak in DRC causing so much concern?
Strain of virus with no vaccine has potential to overrun response impeded by conflict and misinformationHealth authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are losing their…
Dark matter may be gravitationally lensing a likely source of cosmic neutrinos
Astronomers have discovered that the jet of a distant blazar has been gravitationally lensed by an unseen source of dark matter. Led by Silke Britzen at the Max Planck Institute f…
AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection
Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spreadThe fires in Spokane, Washington, this summer are the latest…
Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?
Bird flu is circulating among birds on the Australian mainland. So, with the confirmed number of detections growing, you may be wondering about the risk of birds infecting humans.
The brightened night sky nobody actually wanted
A new paper has put hard numbers on a plan that's been rattling around the astronomy community for a while now—a California company called Reflect Orbital wants to put giant mirro…
Amber fossil reveals firefly relative with unprecedented antennae
Insects rely on a wide range of strategies to sense their surroundings and communicate with their peers. Fireflies (Lampyridae) and some related beetles are known for their abilit…
Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs
As Blue Origin continues to repair its New Glenn launch pad following the rocket's explosion in May, the company has announced plans to build a second pad at the same complex to s…
'This is unprecedented': Why the Pentagon's recent UFO file releases are so important
The Pentagon's recent spate of UFO releases represent a big shift and are of great benefit to the country, according to disclosure advocate Mike Gold.
‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas
As warming seas push native species to cooler waters farther north, once-rare visitors have become more common‘It sounds silly but I thought it was a person in the water waving,” …
As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers
For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows. Heat stresses the body, making it more …
Offshore Wind Will Struggle Long After Trump’s Attacks
The United States had a vision: Offshore wind would produce enough energy to power over 10 million homes by 2030. But five years after the Biden administration’s ambitious propos…
Public Lands Are at the Forefront of Wyoming’s Primaries
Wyoming’s cherished open spaces appear to be at the forefront of voters’ minds as they head to the polls in an election that could decide whether public lands continue to come und…
Wildfires rage in France and Greece as Belgium tackles enormous blaze – Europe live
Wildfire thought to be largest in Belgium’s history creeps closer to German border prompting evacuationsAn elderly couple died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis on Sunday an…
Can you solve it? A new goat for puzzledom’s GOAT
Take this puzzle by the hornsToday’s puzzle is a new twist on The Monty Hall problem, arguably the greatest maths puzzle of all time.(According to Gemini, who trawled the internet…
Spotlight on UN desertification summit as it mulls how to spend $12bn war chest
Extreme weather has raised the significance of Cop17 talks starting this week on tackling drought and land degradationAs swathes of the northern hemisphere bake in what could be t…
Starwatch: Vega the bright star will light the way to the constellation of Lyra
Lyra, the lyre, represents the harp played by the Greek poet OrpheusWe turn our attention this week to one of the sky’s smallest constellations. High overhead from the UK after da…
APOD: 2026 August 17 – A Golden Corona Eclipse
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 17 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cos…
Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah
NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus.
Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures
With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capitalEvery …
Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America, fossil evidence suggests
South America was a frightening place during the Miocene. More than 10 million years ago, a vast lake covered much of the continent, home to giant turtles and crocodylians.
Flightless beetles evolved distinct snail-hunting shapes on Japan's largest island
Islands are widely recognized as natural laboratories of evolution. The ocean restricts movement among islands, allowing isolated populations to adapt to different environments an…
How to watch 'Lanterns' — HBO's gritty new Green Lantern show
Hal Jordan and John Stewart don the classic green in this new hardboiled space cop mystery