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MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has put $70 million into ocean-climate solutions: Why it mattersMacKenzie Scott has committed an impressive $70 million towards enhancing ocean resilience in the fight against climate change. This pivota...- Meet Wolf Cukier, the 17-year-old who discovered a planet with two Suns just 3 days into his NASA internshipJust three days into his summer internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, 17-year-old Wolf Cukier discovered a planet o...
- Greenland sharks can live 400 years without losing their vision: Scientists once thought they were blind, now they know whyGreenland sharks can live for more than 400 years, but scientists once believed the deep-sea giants were functionally blind because of thei...
- The sheer energy India brings with itIndia has provided power connections to over 300 million people since 2015 and improved gas supply accessibility. The country has installed...
- In 1987, Ted Turner bought a 22,000-acre Montana ranch; two years later, he spent $21 million on a 113,000-acre property to keep it undevelopedTed Turner, the founder of CNN and longtime conservationist, lived in a remarkable collection of expansive ranches and properties during hi...
- Rob Walton donates $115 million to Arizona State University for conservation school focused on saving planetArizona State University has secured a groundbreaking $115 million gift to launch the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures. This innov...
- Saturn comes closest to Earth this week: Here is the best time, date and direction to see the ringed planet without a telescope, plus what else to expect in the night skyOn October 4, 2026, Saturn reaches opposition, creating ideal conditions for skywatchers to observe the planet. Saturn will rise at sunset,...
- Look-alike, but not the same: Scientists name first new penguin species in over 100 yearsA new species of penguin, named Pygoscelis kerguelensis, has been identified in the southern Indian Ocean. Genetic studies revealed that ge...
- In 2023, a spacecraft was launched to explore the largest planet in our solar system and its icy moons in depth. Eight years later, it will finally reach its targetESA’s JUICE mission will study Jupiter, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. The spacecraft will examine their oceans, geology, magnetic fields a...
- 'Let's race, not wrestle': 5 key takeaways that defined Trump-Xi meet in WashingtonTrump and Xi Jinping met at the White House for talks focused on trade, AI and the broader US-China strategic rivalry. Xi called for cooper...
- Boise began drilling for geothermal water in the late 1890s; four systems now heat an estimated 7.4 million square feet, including much of downtownGeothermal heating has a rich history in Boise, Idaho, dating back to the 1890s, providing sustainable warmth to numerous downtown building...
- In 2017, engineers put a 1MW power machine shaped like a giant floating bird off Scotland; it ran for 2 years, riding out an 18.7-metre wave, before sinkingThe Penguin, a groundbreaking wave energy converter, spent two years operating off the rugged Orkney Islands in Scotland. Withstanding fier...
- 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...
- Russia adapts a training missile to lead its ballistic onslaught of UkraineRussia is leveraging repurposed training missiles, namely RM48Us, to ramp up its aerial assault strategy. Comprising over half of the recen...
- A newly discovered solar phenomenon could help scientists predict the Sun’s next powerful outburst and solar flareNew solar telescope observations reveal swirling plasma movements on the Sun's surface. This phenomenon, known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instabil...
- Microsoft is funding a bet on mud: Inside the race to rewet 23 square miles of North Carolina peat before it dries out and burnsNorth Carolina's peatlands, vital carbon stores, are being restored by Pantheon Regeneration. These ancient ecosystems hold twice the carbo...
- In 1971, Apollo 14 brought back the 20-pound rock Big Bertha; in 2019, scientists found a fragment that likely came from Earth, excavated about 4 billion years agoA lunar rock collected by Apollo 14 astronauts may contain a fragment of Earth. This tiny piece of rock is approximately four billion years...
- Is it a planet or a moon? Scientists discover a strange Jupiter-sized world orbiting a brown dwarf in a never-before-seen cosmic systemAstronomers found a massive object orbiting a brown dwarf star. This discovery challenges existing definitions of planets and moons. The un...
- Scientists discover a surprising new way to map what lies beneath cities using thunder, revealing hidden underground hazards and possible sinkhole zonesScientists are using thunder's vibrations to map underground geology. Existing fiber-optic cables detect tiny ground movements triggered by...
- In 2022, the Tonga eruption sent a powerful sound through the ocean — the strange signal before a deadly disaster hit may change how scientists warn about tsunamisThe Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption generated powerful underwater sounds. These acoustic signals traveled thousands of kilometer...
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