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Could this faint object be Planet Nine? Scientists find a 23-year-old infrared clue that may finally point toward the elusive world beyond NeptuneTerry Long Phan and a team at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University found a potential ninth planet by looking through archived space data....- The 113,613-acre Montana landscape where Ted Turner’s wild conservation legacy lives onTed Turner purchased the Flying D Ranch in 1989, transforming it into a conservation-oriented property. The ranch is home to diverse wildli...
- A hidden magnetic force from the early universe may finally explain the Hubble tension and why cosmic expansion doesn’t add upRecent research investigates the role of primordial magnetic fields in the discrepancy of the Hubble constant values. Measurements of the c...
- Jupiter Eclipse 2026: The moon is about to swallow the giant planet, when and where can you watch itJupiter will not disappear in an instant like a star. The planet appears large enough in the sky for the process to take about a minute. Wh...
- The business case for climate actionThe former IKEA CEO and Earthshot Prize chair argues that climate change and nature loss have become immediate business risks, not future c...
- Want to do NASA research? 24 new US projects backed by $23 million will let citizen scientists hunt comets, study space weather and explore Earth data — all you need to knowNASA has selected 24 organizations to partake in a new Science Activation portfolio aimed at public engagement. This initiative will provid...
- Why NASA is studying 1.2-billion-year-old Scottish rocks for clues to ancient life on Mars and the Red Planet’s watery pastAncient rocks found in Scotland's Stoer Formation are being studied by NASA to understand potential signs of life. These rocks formed 1.2 b...
- Earth’s inner core may be deforming within years — scientists say its hidden movements could change the length of our daysEarth's rotation experiences slight variations in day length due to interactions within its inner core and mantle. Researchers have develop...
- 'First we will lose oxygen, then most of our surface water': Supercomputer predicts when life on Earth could end, says it is 'inevitable'Research indicates that Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere will remain for approximately 1.08 billion years. Scientists used modeling to explor...
- Scientists may have got one of Earth’s biggest ancient mysteries wrong: A 2-billion-year-old carbon clue thought to reveal a global change may actually point to magma, methane and microbesResearch from Caltech indicates that a significant carbon signal may arise from local geological processes instead of global events. The st...
- Full Harvest Moon rises this weekend but its real trick happens after the first night: Here's when to get the best viewWhen the Harvest Moon rises, it can look unusually large and sometimes takes on a striking orange glow near the horizon. Those features mak...
- Mysterious radio bursts detected 63 light-years from Earth, well beyond our solar system: What scientists discovered about its sourceA newly reported radio signature from Beta Pictoris b is giving astronomers a rare way to investigate the magnetic environment of a planet ...
- Astronomers just spotted an “Impossible” planet: Elias 2-24 b is the youngest known planet, and its Jupiter-sized growth could challenge planet formation modelsElias 2-24 b is young enough that astronomers are seeing it before its planetary neighborhood has finished taking shape. Yet the planet is ...
- A planet 63 light-years away is sending repeating radio bursts, and scientists can read them for the first time. Here’s what it reveals about the alien worldAstronomers detected repeating radio bursts from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. These emissions originate from powerful auroras on the distant ...
- In 1992, a container ship lost 28,800 unsinkable plastic bath toys in the North Pacific, helping oceanographer find oceans' invisible highways from Alaska to ScotlandIn 1992, a cargo ship lost 28,800 plastic bath toys in the North Pacific. Their unexpected journey across the ocean gave researchers valuab...
- Quote of the day by David Attenborough: ‘We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves’ – British naturalist on humanity and natureDavid Attenborough has spent decades documenting the natural world and warning about humanity’s growing impact on it. His powerful quote fr...
- If Earth was built close to the young Sun, where did its water come from? New isotope analysis rewrites part of Earth’s origin story and gives scientists a new mystery to solveNew analysis suggests Earth formed solely from inner Solar System material. This challenges previous theories about outer Solar System cont...
- This strange world has no star to orbit, yet James Webb has revealed its changing weather from 20 light-years awayWebb telescope observed SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf twenty light-years away. Researchers found its changing appearance stems from temperature ...
- A future without oxygen: Scientists explain what Earth could look like in a billion years - hostile to complex life long before the Sun dies outEarth's breathable atmosphere is a temporary phenomenon, experts predict. Computer simulations show oxygen loss within one billion years, l...
- Three robots worked together like an independent science team in NASA’s latest test — it could change space exploration forever by making decisions without waiting for EarthNASA tested three robots capable of independent scientific decision-making. These autonomous systems can assess risks and adjust plans with...
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