A tree trunk can host microbes that remove greenhouse and toxic gases, adding an air-cleaning role beyond carbon dioxide uptake.
In a five-year survey across eastern Australia, researchers traced this work to microbes living in bark.
NASA will undock a SpaceX Dragon capsule from the International Space Station and bring four astronauts home Thursday morning after a medical problem prompted an early return.
The move…
All across the Universe, black holes devour stars that stray too close. Often it’s a supermassive black hole that tears a star apart in what’s known as a tidal disruption event. But sometimes, it’s a stellar mass black hole, and its…
A new kind of laboratory is taking shape in the foothills west of Golden, Colorado. The Colorado Underground Research Institute—known as CURIE—is…
NASA has issued a sources sought notice to gather industry feedback on the Landsat Next spacecraft procurement as the agency evaluates how to advance the next generation of the long-running Earth observation program.
The market research notice,…
Same-sex sexual behaviour among non-human primates may arise as a way to reinforce bonds and keep societies together in the face of environmental or social challenges, researchers have suggested.
Prof Vincent Savolainen, a co-author of the paper…
Humans are far from the only primates engaging in same-sex sexual activity.
A new study found instances in which 59 nonhuman primate species, including bonobos, chimpanzees and macaques, have taken part in same-sex behaviors.
Researchers observed…
New multi-year observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory reveal how a faint companion star, dubbed Siwarha, carves a trail…
We may be less than two weeks into 2026, but a new comet is already leading the charge to become the “Great Comet” of the year. The highly anticipated ice ball, which could potentially be seen with the naked eye, will reach its closest point to…
