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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
M87’s jet has a double-helix structure from a black hole
M87's jet - a black-hole-powerd stream of sub-atomic particles - streaming outward some 8,000 light-years, traveling at near-light-speed. It's corkscrew-shaped!
May 8, 2024
Satellite data gives tiger conservation a boost
Researchers use satellite data to aid tiger conservation efforts. Tigers are losing their habitat, but there are still many areas they could expand into.
May 8, 2024
Liujiang skeleton re-dates earliest Homo sapiens in China
The Liujiang skeleton, a significant fossil in understanding early modern humans in East Asia, has been aged at 33,000 to 23,000 years old.
May 7, 2024
