Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites
"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."
Reflect Orbital just got permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow
Reflect Orbital just got approval to launch its first light-directing space mirror, which it plans to do later this year...
Elamite helmet with divine figures: A warrior king's 3,500-year-old bronze armor depicting a raptor and gold-plated gods
This bronze helmet has been decorated with ancient deities from a civilization that flourished before the Persian Empire...
‘We’re Fighting Satan’: The War to Save Bees From a Hornet Invasion
As yellow-legged hornets spread through South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, threatening the local honey crop, a state te...
Rare floodplain meadow given to wildlife trust
Image source, Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & NorthamptonshireImage caption, The six hectare (15-a...
Dune project aims to aid rare toads and beetles
Image source, Chris DreshImage caption, Only a few thousand natterjack toads remain in the UKByJason Arunn MurugesuNorth...
Planes sent to tackle wildfires of 'exceptional scale' near Paris
Image source, ReutersImage caption, A wildfire burns in Noisy-sur-Ecole near Fontainebleau, southern ParisByChris Graham...
What Is an Aortic Dissection?
The condition that killed Senator Lindsey Graham is deadly, sudden and difficult to treat — “like a knife to the back,” ...
'The moon looked wrong': Artemis II mission controller Chris White on taking historic lunar flyby photos from 250,000 miles away
Artemis II lead communications officer Chris White describes the tensest and most shocking moments of the historic moon ...
AI is giving people bad money advice. Here's what I worry about most, as a finance professor.
When managing your money, take a chatbot's ‘confidence’ with a grain of salt
Why space games still struggle with the scale of the universe
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is."
18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold 'tongues' discovered along the Mediterranean coast
Archaeologists have found 18 tombs at an ancient Egyptian site by the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.