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Possible atmosphere on rocky exoplanet found for 1st time
NASA's Webb telescope has tentatively detected an atmosphere on rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e, a hot super-Earth world only 41 light-years away.
May 14, 2024
Will La Niña pump up this year’s hurricane season?
Will the coming La Niña conditions mean this year's hurricane season will overperform? Find out how La Niña affects hurricane formation, here.
May 14, 2024
Carnivorous plants are our lifeform of the week
There are hundreds of species of carnivorous plants and they are deadly, but mostly to insects. The structure of their traps is foolproof.
May 13, 2024
Rare neutrinos detected from under Antarctic ice
Scientists extract 7 rare neutrinos - energetic tau neutrinos - from about 10 years of data from the IceCube observatory at the South Pole.
May 12, 2024
Can earthquakes be triggered by intense weather?
A new study from MIT shows that climate and intense weather events like heavy snowfall and rain helped produce a swarm of earthquakes in Japan starting in 2020.
May 12, 2024
Giant sunspot region now visible in eclipse glasses
Did you save your eclipse glasses from the April 8 total solar eclipse? If so, grab them to check out giant sunspot region AR3664, now facing Earth!
May 10, 2024
Orangutan treats his wound with a medicinal plant
In a first, a Sumatran orangutan treated his wound with a plant with known medicinal properties. Read more about this new doctor in the forest.
May 10, 2024
Plunge into a black hole in this new video
Plunge into a black hole in this new video from NASA. See what it would look like to cross the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.
May 10, 2024
How did water on Venus disappear? Blame this molecule
Venus is a near-twin to Earth in size and mass. But what happened to all the water on Venus, which scientists say once existed?
May 9, 2024
Tonight’s young moon emerges into the evening sky
The young moon will compete in brightness with several bright stars on the evening of May 9, 2024. Which will shine most brightly?
May 9, 2024
