Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury “only” reaches 800 °F at its hottest. Venus is always hotter, even at night.
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And the one step we can take to show extraterrestrials we’re figuring it out. Every year, Earth’s meteor showers accomplish two important tasks. This composite photograph shows a large number of […]
Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?
Neptune holds records in our Solar System, but the Universe gets even faster. Here on Earth, extreme weather events can cause dramatic wind speed spikes. When hurricanes are at their most […]
The Kazungula Bridge connects Zambia and Botswana, barely missing Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The microbes that eventually produced the planet’s oxygen had to breathe something, after all.
All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.
The closest star system to Earth, just over 4 light-years away, has three stars and at least one Earth-sized planet. Is it time to go there?
In 1990, we only knew of the planets in our own Solar System. Today, the exoplanet count is more than 5000. Here’s what we’ve learned.
These alien-like creatures are virtually invisible in the deep sea.
Seismic data from 2016 reveals a rare bi-directional boomerang earthquake.
It rotates on its axis, revolves around the Sun, moves throughout the Milky Way, and gets carried by our galaxy all throughout space.
Theoretically, we know what happened on the red planet. Here’s how we’ll find out whether we’re right. When it comes to the worlds beyond Earth in our Solar System, it’s only […]
Even the most unorthodox posthumous plans have their own historical, spiritual, and scientific significance.
Darwin was right again—sort of.
An overfished planet needs a better solution. Fortunately, it’s coming.
The famous cognition test was reworked for cuttlefish. They did better than expected.
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
When we started imaging the Universe with Hubble, every star had four “spikes” coming from it. Here’s why Webb will have more.
How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.
The Hollywood blockbuster may have been right, if only 3.2 billion years off the mark.
James Gillray’s ‘plumb-pudding’ caricature is “probably the most famous political cartoon of all time.”
The ANITA experiment found cosmic rays shooting out of Antarctica. One interpretation claims “parallel Universes,” but is that right?
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to ocean and atmospheric circulations.
Find out the truth for yourself. If this past year has shown us anything, it’s how thoroughly we rely on high-quality expertise. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, it […]
Whether they’re gas giants or rocky planets makes all the difference for life. Over the past 30 years, we went from not knowing if there were planets like ours around other […]
On the largest scales, galaxies don’t simply clump together, but form superclusters. Too bad they don’t remain bound together.