Category: 7. Science

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, barely perceptible collection of molecules, but a thick, robust, potentially life-supporting atmosphere. Due to…

In the waters of Mexico’s Gulf of California, an extraordinary natural drama has been unfolding – pods of orcas, known as killer whales, have been observed hunting juvenile great…

Two bright meteors were caught slamming into the moon on Thursday (Oct. 30) and Saturday (Nov. 1), by Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum. The flashes, visible from Earth for just a split second, were caused by…

Europe’s Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket took to the skies for the fourth time ever today (Nov. 4).

An Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today at 4:02 p.m. EST (2102 GMT; 6:02 p.m. local time in Kourou), carrying the…

By all accounts, it began as an ordinary day in Kanchanaburi, a forested region in western Thailand. A…