Photos Space Photos of the Week: Cassini's Sojourn Around SaturnWIRED - Condé Nast Launched in 1997, NASA's Cassini mission was designed to orbit Saturn, studying the planet's rings, icy moons, and general composition. During its 13 …
Birds North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds, Scientists SayNPR - Nell GreenfieldboyceOver the past half-century, North America has lost more than a quarter of its entire bird population, or around 3 billion birds. That's according to a new estimate published in the journal Science by who
News Study finds the universe might be 2 billion years youngerAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The universe is looking younger every day, it seems. New calculations suggest the universe could be a couple billion years younger than scientists now estimate, and even younger than
Astronomy Stark new Saturn images give a detailed look at the ringed planetMashable - Kellen BeckNASA released its annual images of the planet Saturn taken by the Hubble Space Telescope Thursday, giving the citizens of earth an update on what's been going on over at the solar system's sixth planet.
Black Holes Black hole at centre of our galaxy is getting hungrier, say scientistsThe Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondentUnseeable and inescapable, black holes already rank among the more sinister phenomena out in the cosmos. So it may come as disconcerting news that the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky
Science Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'Euronews - By Corey S. Powell with NBC News Tech and Science NewsSomething odd is stirring in the depths of Canada's Kidd Mine. The zinc and copper mine, 350 miles northwest of Toronto, is the deepest spot ever explored on land and the reservoir of the oldest known
Health (UK) Left-handed DNA found - and it changes brain structureBBC News - James GallagherScientists have found the first genetic instructions hardwired into human DNA that are linked to being left-handed. The instructions also seem to be heavily involved in the structure and function of the
Science Auroras may light up the night sky this Labor Day weekendNational Geographic - Andrew FazekasA solar storm's impact could trigger northern lights as far south as Seattle and New York. Here's how to watch. Just as menacing Hurricane Dorian is wreaking havoc in the Atlantic Ocean, an incoming solar
World News Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’The New York Times - By PAM BELLUCKHow do genes influence our sexuality? The question has long been fraught with controversy. An ambitious new study — the largest ever to analyze the genetics of same-sex sexual behavior — found that genetics
World News Scientists Fertilize Eggs From the Last Two Northern White RhinosThe New York Times - Jacey FortinWith a handful of oocytes and a collection of frozen sperm, an international team of scientists is racing against the clock to ensure that the only two northern white rhinoceroses left on the planet —
Carbon Monoxide The Amazon Fires Coughed Up an Enormous Plume of Carbon MonoxideGizmodo - George Dvorsky New satellite imagery shows gigantic plumes of noxious carbon monoxide wafting over Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and surrounding areas—the result of …
Science The Horrifying Science of the Deforestation Fueling Amazon FiresWIRED - Matt Simon Being a rainforest, the Amazon isn’t supposed to burn out of control, unlike California’s drier landscape, which is built to burn, and burn …
Science Colossal volcano behind 'mystery' global cooling finally foundNational Geographic - Michael GreshkoThe eruption devastated local Maya settlements and caused crop failures around the world. The ices of Greenland and Antarctica bear the fingerprints of a monster: a gigantic volcanic eruption in 539 or
News Scientists share new details about mysterious 'ghost particle'CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — Neutrinos, so-called "ghost particles" scattered across the universe, can be 10 million times lighter than the mass of an electron, according to a new study. Neutrinos are referred to as ghostly
Newly discovered organ may be lurking under your skinNational Geographic - Catherine ZuckermanIdentified in mice, the simple organ most likely exists in humans, too, offering fresh insight into how we experience painful pressure and pricks. Most people who’ve been jabbed by a needle know the drill:
Science Astronomers probably just saw a black hole swallow a dead starNational Geographic - Michael GreshkoRipples in the fabric of spacetime reveal what may be a first-of-its-kind cosmic collision. Some 900 million years ago, a black hole released a terrible belch that echoed through the cosmos. On August
Methane Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphereNational Geographic - Stephen LeahyThe chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit. Scientists have measured big increases in the amount of methane, the
Distant galaxies get busy under Hubble's watchful eyeMashable - Adam RosenbergThe Hubble Space Telescope doesn't just take pretty pictures; it also helps researchers better understand what they're seeing in the far reaches of space. Take this newly shared image of UGC 2369, a designation
Space Photos of the Week: Jupiter’s Big Storm Is Blowing OverWIRED - Shannon Stirone Our solar system’s largest planet got a new portrait this week, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope. The latest visuals of Jupiter help scientists …
Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from EarthCNET - Eric Mack It's bright, it's white and fortunately it's very far away from here.
Universe Astronomers uncover 'invisible' massive ancient galaxies - CNNCNNThis is an artist's illustration of what a Neptune-size moon would look like orbiting the gas giant exoplanet Kepler-1625b in a star system 8,000 light-years from Earth. It could be the first exomoon discovered.
Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big catNational Geographic - John PickrellHundreds of teeth pulled from the La Brea tar pits in California are revising our image of this icon of the Ice Age. Until about 10,000 years ago, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon fatalis was a fearsome predator
Potentially habitable ‘super-Earth’ discovered just 31 light-years awayNBC News - By Denise ChowFollow-up research could reveal if the planet is rocky or has oceans. Astronomers announced Wednesday that they had discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet outside our solar system. The newfound
India's historic moon mission launches toward lunar south poleNational Geographic - Michael GreshkoThe Chandrayaan-2 mission is aiming to be the first to land softly in the moon's south polar region. Today, a shimmering golden spacecraft roared skyward on a pillar of flame at 5:13 a.m. ET. Known as
This is our best look yet at the solar system's most volcanic objectNational Geographic - Robin George AndrewsA massive new report on Jupiter’s moon Io shows that the explosive world is even stranger than anyone expected. Roughly 40 years ago, the Voyager 1 spacecraft sailed past one of Jupiter’s large moons,
This Stunning Picture By NASA Of The ISS Passing In Front Of The Sun Has Twitter In Awe!Mashable - Afiya QureshiEvery day, NASA chooses a different image or a photograph of fascinating cosmos to feature in its Astronomical Picture of the Day, along with a brief explanation penned by a pro astronomer. On Monday,
Hubble Red giant stars create new way to measure how quickly the universe is expandingCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — The universe is expanding, but the rate of that expansion is proving to be elusive. A new measurement of the universe's expansion rate falls between two previously established rates, leading more
‘Off-the-charts’ heat to affect millions in U.S. in coming decadesNational Geographic - Stephen LeahyWithin 60 years, hot days in the U.S. could be so intense that the current heat index can’t measure them. In less than 20 years, millions of people in the United States could be exposed to dangerous “off-the-charts”
