Will autonomous androids built by Elon Musk take over Mars, like he’s promised?
Not according to a…
Will autonomous androids built by Elon Musk take over Mars, like he’s promised?
Not according to a…
At first glance, it looked like nothing more than a dark, dusty rock. But this small piece of Martian history, sold in a Moroccan market, would later rewrite what scientists thought they knew about the Red…
Many celestial objects travel within our solar system and sometimes hold surprises. Indeed, a near-Earth asteroid named 2025 TF passed close to our planet on October 1, 2025, surprising several scientists.
More specifically, this passage was…
If an astronaut were to step outside a spacecraft, the Moon, or Mars without a spacesuit, the outcome would be immediate and fatal. In the vacuum of space, the lack of air pressure would cause blood and bodily fluids to boil, while suffocation…
The best smart telescopes make viewing the night sky super easy and, if you’ve ever wished for a compact telescope you could fit in your backpack without sacrificing skywatching power, the DWARF 3 might be the one for you. But don’t let its…
If you happen to be walking in the forests of Panama, you might just come across a bug that will wave at you, which scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) have been studying for a while. The matador bug (Bitta alipes)…
Wildfire season isn’t just about charred forests and hazy skies anymore. The smoke from those fires is doing something sneaky – and scientists say we’ve been underestimating just how much it’s disrupting the air around us.
When wildfires…
Our cosmos seems, at times, like one impossibly vast factory, just pumping out mysteries.
The deeper we peer, the more we learn – but each new discovery stirs up a plethora of new puzzles to solve, like a swarm of fascinating science bees. Continue Reading
“Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes,” according to the website Our World in Data. That figure grew to over 450 million tonnes…