Category: 7. Science

The Barbados threadsnake is tiny, secretive, and easy to miss in leaf litter. It is endemic to Barbados, but hasn’t been seen for 20 years. So, every verified record carries extra weight for the island and confirms that a unique line of life is…

A mysterious…

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and international collaborators have discovered rare remnants of “proto Earth,” the planet’s ancient precursor that existed 4.5 billion years ago.

They offer a glimpse into…

This past Monday, October 13, Starship Version 2 launched for the last time, ending its nearly two-year run on a high note. The megarocket’s 11th suborbital test flight marked the final launch of this iteration of Starship, making way…

SpaceX will hit a big round-number milestone today (Oct. 18), and you can watch it happen live.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today,…

Two astronauts in full spacesuits with backpacks on a space walk with tethers, facing each other with hands out. The astronauts are in front of planet earth and some distant stars are also visible. Earth image from NASA:…

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Jupiter’s two innermost Galilean moons cross in front of the planet, playing tag with their shadows this morning.

In Namibia’s Etosha National Park, scientists have shown how location, sex, and anatomy all shape the gut microbes of elephants, giraffes, zebras, and other plant-eating wildlife.

The work, led by researchers at North Carolina State University…