CHEBOYGAN, MI – This famously short fishing season is more race than relaxation. In 2025, Michigan’s Black Lake sturgeon season was open for just 17 minutes. That’s how long it took for the season limit – six fish – to be reached. Hundreds of anglers make their way onto the ice each winter, hoping to
New research bolsters the theory that a prehistoric adolescent was mauled by a wild animal—likely a bear—in what is now Italy tens of thousands of years ago. In 1942, the remains of a young adult dating back to between 27,900 and 27,300 years ago came to light in Arene Candide Cave in Liguria, Italy. The
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a technique in radio astronomy whereby multiple radio telescopes cooperate to bundle their received data and in effect create a much larger singular radio telescope. For this to work it is however essential to have exact timing and other relevant information to accurately match the signals from each individual radio
The solar system is home to many planets, meteors, satellites… and one asteroid that’s said to be worth an eyewatering amount. The Psyche asteroid was explored by a special spacecraft, and the reality may just blow your mind. First discovered in the 19th century, the huge mass of space matter has posed many questions for
Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an apocalypse. Researchers have recently found that space rocks can withstand much more stress than previously inferred from experiments and observations. Counter-intuitively,
The Green River’s dramatic route through Utah’s Uinta Mountains has puzzled geologists for more than a century. Now, a group of researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States claims to have identified the powerful subterranean force that pulled the river through the rock: a deep Earth process known as lithospheric dripping. Their findings
NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed its first-ever drive on Mars fully planned by artificial intelligence, the space agency announced. The demonstration, carried out on Dec. 8 and Dec. 10 of 2025, showed that generative AI could safely plan rover routes across Mars’ rugged terrain without manual input, automating a labor-intensive decision-making process typically performed by
The enormous storms of impenetrable clouds covering Jupiter’s surface make it nearly impossible for us to get a glimpse of what lies below. Any spacecraft attempting to get a closer look would be vaporized, melted, or crushed if it attempted to sail through. NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, for instance, went dark almost immediately when it intentionally
If humanity truly hopes to colonize the solar system, it must overcome a challenge arguably greater than any technological hurdle: human reproduction beyond Earth. The idea may sound like science fiction, but a group of experts says figuring out how to protect astronauts’ reproductive health—and even make babies in space—is a very real and urgent
Refresh 2026-02-03T09:04:20.666Z Tuesday, Feb. 3: Jupiter rules the evening sky (after dark) See brilliant Jupiter rule the February evening sky on Feb. 3. (Image credit: Starry Night.) After dark, look high in the east-southeast for a brilliant, steady point of light in Gemini — that’s Jupiter, shining at magnitude –2.6, brighter than any star in