'The Sea God Surveys': Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing satellite today
Rocket Lab will launch its 99th mission to date today (Nov. 2), sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to ...
Verdict delayed on controversial sea defences
Image source, Blackpool CouncilImage caption, Blackpool Council applied for permission to construct 17 rocky groynes alo...
'Metroid Prime' needs some 'Resident Evil'-style remakes to rediscover its sci-fi shooter mojo
Nintendo's sci-fi shooter franchise is in dire straits, but we've got the solution to Samus's problems.
Planetary defense: How military and civil satellites are watching fireballs to help keep Earth safe from space rocks
Satellites are watching fireballs blaze through Earth's atmosphere, strengthening planetary defense knowhow and helping ...
On this day in space! Nov. 1, 1962: The Soviet Union Launches Mars 1 spacecraft to Red Planet during the Space Race
On Nov. 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet. Here's why it ma...
NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?
It's unclear at the moment exactly when and where the Swift observatory will plunge to Earth. But researchers definitely...
Aquarium shark that helped 'dispel myths' dies
Image source, Ocean Conservation TrustImage caption, Howie had been at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth since it...
5 bright planets to spot in November — when and where to see them
From a close encounter between Mars and Jupiter to dazzling Venus and elusive Mercury, November offers plenty of planeta...
Hubble and Webb spot something ghostly happening in the Cat's Head Nebula
The Cat's Head Nebula shows its ghostly insides and sinister red eye in rival views from the Hubble and James Webb space...
These Snakes Cartwheel Out of Dangerous Situations
To escape predators, dwarf reed snakes trade slithering for rolling to safety.
Swarms of Butterflies Land at New York’s Natural History Museum
The cartoonist Peter Kuper has filled a corridor with drawings of monarchs, depicting the beauty of the annual mass migr...
How do summers differ between Earth's hemispheres?
Each of Earth's hemispheres experiences summer, but how do they differ?