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Microplastics found in sea turtle nesting sand
Researchers have found microplastics deep in the sand on beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs.
October 8, 2018
Construction begins on ESA’s Plato planet-hunter
The European Space Agency's next big planet-hunting mission - the Plato space telescope - will continue the search for rocky and potentially habitable worlds orbiting other stars.
October 7, 2018
Cloud shadow over Las Vegas
Bettina Berg captured this cloud shadow on October 1, 2018.
October 6, 2018
Watch, as black holes spiral closer
A new simulation by scientists lets you witness supermassive black holes about to collide. One shows them from outside the system, just 40 orbits from merging. The other places you in their midst.
October 6, 2018
Groundbreaking science from ultra-close orbits of Saturn
Last year, in its Grand Finale, the Cassini spacecraft dove repeatedly between Saturn and its rings. This week, 6 teams of researchers published new research based on Cassini's final days and those daredevil dives.
October 6, 2018
Baby giraffes inherit spot patterns from mom
A new study suggests spot patterns are linked to survival rates of young giraffes.
October 5, 2018
New dwarf planet nicknamed The Goblin
The Goblin is a very small dwarf planet, very far away. It might help astronomers in their search for a much bigger world - the long-sought Planet X.
October 4, 2018
Did the Hubble telescope find the 1st exomoon?
Astronomers have tantalizing new evidence for a possible Neptune-sized moon orbiting the gas-giant planet Kepler-1625b, some 8,000 light-years away.
October 4, 2018
Zap! Lightning strikes Empire State Building
Lightning strikes New York City's Empire State Building and One World Trade Center.
October 4, 2018
Arctic sea ice reaches 2018 minimum
On both September 19 and 23, Arctic sea ice dropped to its minimum extent of 1.77 million square miles (4.59 million square km). The 2018 minimum ties for the 6th-lowest in the satellite record.
October 4, 2018
