Fastest carbon dioxide surge ever during year of extremes

Atmospheric carbon dioxide is accumulating faster than ever, accelerating to levels far above any experienced during human existence, say climate scientists.

Heatwaves: How animals adapt to cope with them

Evolution alone cannot protect animals from climate extremes like heatwaves and deep cold. Animals are adapting their behavior to help survive global warming.

Sloths are our calm and smiley lifeform of the week

Are sloths really as slow as people say? Are they equally slow in all environments? Read slowly to find out more about these calm and smiling animals.

Goodbye Vulcan: Real-life Star Trek exoplanet doesn’t exist

Astronomers thought there might be a real-life version of the famous Star Trek exoplanet Vulcan orbiting the star 40 Eridani A. But a new study says no.

Giant Joro spiders … coming to your city?

The giant Joro spiders are not going anywhere ... except maybe to a city near you. The spiders continue to track up the East Coast.

Phoenix exoplanet’s puffy atmosphere survives red giant star

Astronomers have discovered a Neptune-sized world orbiting close to a red giant star. And surprisingly, the exoplanet's puffy atmosphere is still intact.

SpaceX Starship 4th test flight: Lots of successes

The SpaceX Starship - the world's most powerful rocket - had a successful 4th test flight on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Watch it again here.

NASA’s Perpetual Ocean video will wow you

To honor Earth's oceans on World Ocean Day, this beautiful NASA video, Perpetual Ocean, follows the currents and eddies around the world.

Largest genome on Earth belongs to … a fern?

The new record holder for world's largest genome goes to a tiny fern that grows on a few islands in the South Pacific. Read more about the rare fern here.

D-day secret weapon: wetland science at Normandy

Wetland science and covert raids helped Allied forces gather critical information prior to the D-Day landing in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.