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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.
June 10, 2024
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.
June 9, 2024
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.
June 9, 2024
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.
June 9, 2024
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.
June 7, 2024
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.
June 7, 2024
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.
June 6, 2024
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.
June 6, 2024
New dinosaur species discovered in Africa
Researchers identified a new dinosaur species from fossils uncovered near Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. It was a plant-eating dinosaur from 210 million years ago.
June 5, 2024
Webb finds most distant galaxy known so far
Astronomers using the Webb space telescope have discovered the most distant galaxy yet known. It existed 290 million years after the Big Bang.
June 4, 2024
