A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus’s moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, may harbor a hidden sea beneath its icy crust, making it hospitable to extraterrestrial life. Discovering water on a moon is no easy task. It’s even harder when that moon is hundreds of millions
Scientists say they’ve found a simple way to protect young trees from hungry deer: make them smell like a predator. In forests in southeastern Germany, researchers found that spreading lynx and wolf urine and scat around young trees cut browsing damage by deer, with lynx scent having the biggest impact, according to a release
In 2015, during a particularly energetic performance of the song American Woman in Stockholm, Lenny Kravitz split a pair of leather pants right down the crotch, revealing his manhood to the world. I’m sorry to say I think about this incident somewhat regularly. Not out of titillation, but because it planted in my head a
LONDON — Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly making it the planet’s largest hydrogen reservoir, researchers recently estimated. And nine hydrogen “oceans” is the low end of
Joe Raedle/Getty Images NASA plans to return people to the moon with its Artemis II mission, which would be the first crewed mission to the moon in 50 years. This historic launch, however, has hit a snag. During a rehearsal for the launch, there was a liquid
The scientific community is celebrating the cancellation of a project which would have threatened the clearest skies in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The proposed $10bn, 3,000-hectare green hydrogen and ammonia production facility, known as INNA, included a port, transport links to the coast and three solar power plants, and had been under evaluation
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new “sungrazing” comet that will have a perilously close encounter with our home star in less than two months. Some experts predict the hefty ice ball could become bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, even in daylight — but only if the comet survives its deadly solar
Refresh 2026-02-10T11:05:39.176Z One week to go! We’re ready, are you? (Image credit: Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) We’re just one week away from the first solar eclipse of 2026! Here’s what you need to know before a dramatic “ring of fire” annular eclipse darkens the sky over Antarctica on Feb. 17, likely confusing millions of
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a new method that makes it possible to predict how irregularly shaped nanoparticles move through the air. These particles are a major category of air pollution and have long been difficult to model accurately. The new approach is the first that is both simple and predictive, allowing
A massive underwater canyon system in the North Atlantic, stretching over 500 kilometers, has baffled scientists for years. The King’s Trough Complex, a colossal and dramatic feature, was long thought to have been shaped by erosion, just like land-based canyons. But a surprising new study is challenging that assumption. This massive trench system, stretching more