Mars orbiter sees odd etchings in the sand | Space photo of the day for Jan. 20, 2025
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, but harmless on the ground....
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Maine tonight as Earth reels from a colossal CME impact....
3I/ATLAS is heading away from the sun on an escape trajectory from our solar system....
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This past week in San Francisco, thousands gathered outside of an aquarium to celebrate one of its residents, an alligator named Claude who died in December....
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Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves....
The sun has ejected the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years. The phenomenon caused auroras to light up the skies in some parts of the world....
A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time?...
A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time?...
A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time?...
Bezos Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for America Business Forum Jeff Bezos is escalating his rivalry with Elon Musk in space. His space venture, Blue Origin, unveiled a satellite network aimed at chal...
A generation ago, the people of Okinawa in Japan were recognised as among the longest-lived in the world, fortunate residents of one of just five “blue zones” around the planet where a combination of ...
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off at Launch Complex 36 in its second launch attempt at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on November 13, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Miguel J. Rodrigue...
It turns out the inverse of the Hessian of a deep net is easy to apply to a vector. Doing this naively takes cubically many operations in the number of layers (so impractical), but it's possible to do...
The frozen areas of our planet act as a historical record of changes in the atmosphere and climate...
Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace....
2026 will leave stargazers spoiled for sights in the sky, with four eclipse events, multiple meteor showers and several supermoons....
With the moon out of the way on Jan. 18, bright Jupiter and Saturn become stand-outs in the January night sky....