A 2nd repeating radio burst from the depths of space

Of the more than 60 Fast Radio Bursts found so far, only one has ever been seen to repeat from the same source ... until now.

Oceans warming even faster than thought

A new analysis has found that Earth's oceans are heating up 40% faster than a United Nations panel estimated 5 years ago.

Birds and birds

Chilika Lake - on the east coast of India - is the second-largest coastal lagoon in the world. It's a large wintering ground for migratory birds.

Citizen scientists discover rare exoplanet

Last week, citizen scientists with Zooniverse's Exoplanet Exoplorers announced K2-288Bb - a type of exoplanet considered rare so far. The finding might shed new light on how planets form.

Holy cow! Astronomers puzzle over a mysterious blast

Astronomers are arguing over a brief and unusual flash in the night sky from earlier this year. The call it the Cow. One group argues it was a monster black hole shredding a passing star. The other argues it might have been a black hole being born.

The shrinking Aral Sea

The Aral Sea was once the world's 4th-largest lake. But in the 1960s, the Soviet Union diverted 2 major rivers to irrigate farmland, and the Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing ever since.

Primitive life at Barnard’s Star?

Barnard b is one of the nearest planets to our sun at only 6 light-years away. But its host star is dim. Can life find a way on such a cold planet?

Thousands of stars, including our sun, destined to turn into crystals

Astronomers now have the 1st direct evidence that white dwarf stars form crystal cores. Our sun is destined to become a crystal white dwarf in about 10 billion years.

Europe is testing self-driving Mars rovers

Rovers on Mars today are amazing, but slow, and still mostly controlled by humans back on Earth. Europe is testing new self-driving software to help future Mars rovers travel faster and farther each day.

Black carbon from Gulf War shows up in Tibet glacier

A study traces black carbon from 1991 Kuwait oil fires to ice in northern Tibet. Researchers say this soot could affect glacier melt at the Tibetan plateau, considered the "Water Tower of Asia."