Category: 7. Science

An astronaut circling above the Indian Ocean onboard the ISS captured a stunning image of the moon and what is called a “lunar halo.”

The slim arc of light cradling the Moon looks detached from Earth, hovering just above the planet’s blue…

A toxic underground river of groundwater carrying mercury has been found seeping into Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon. This hidden flow sends roughly 2.2 pounds of mercury into the lagoon every year.

The work was led by Céline Lavergne, Ph.D., at the

From Earth, Saturn’s rings look like a razor – tens of thousands of kilometers wide yet only about 10 meters thick in the vertical direction. That knife-edge geometry is a big part of their drama.

But new evidence suggests the rings don’t…

When you splurge on a cocktail in a bar, the drink often comes with a slab of aesthetically pleasing, perfectly clear ice. The stuff looks much fancier than the slightly cloudy ice you get from your home freezer. How do they do this?

Clear…

Today’s Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the galaxy NGC 646 sparkling like a cosmic holiday garland. 

At first glance, it looks like a simple twinkling jewel, but this barred spiral galaxy holds a story that spans…

Bottle drive fundraiser planned for Kwalikum Secondary School grad

Published 10:30 am Thursday, December 25, 2025

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An unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent ten miles beneath it.

The vehicle, called Ran, had spent weeks scanning an ice area roughly fifty square miles, revealing…

One of the closest living relatives of the dodo has been spotted multiple times in Samoa — raising hopes that this critically endangered creature can be saved from the brink of extinction.

The Samoa Conservation Society’s (SCS) latest field…