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Internal Revenue Service sign outside an IRS building next to a clipboard labeled “IRS Payments” and US dollars

The IRS opens tax season on January 26, and many are expecting larger refunds, but there is some fine print you should be aware of

January 17, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Solar panels mounted on a raised frame in a snowy landscape, showing a winter solar installation under overcast skies.

The big “solar winter” myth collapses in 10 seconds. Your panels do not “shut off” in the cold, but there are two things that really can crush your output

January 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo plane on the runway at night with ground crews and floodlights around the aircraft.

An aviation giant triggered the 7700 emergency code over the Pacific and turned back toward Travis Air Force Base

January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Satellite chlorophyll-a map of the Gulf of Panama showing plankton-rich waters linked to seasonal upwelling.

The Panama Sea stopped “breathing” in 2025, and what satellites and fishermen saw had never been recorded in four decades

January 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
China’s Fendouzhe crewed submersible is lowered into icy Arctic waters, equipped with cameras and sampling gear for deep-sea research.

China takes a manned submersible to the “forbidden ground” 5,277 meters below the Arctic, and what it records on the Gakkel Ridge could change maps and theories

January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A skier descends a snowy slope on Mount Etna as a lava glow and thick ash plume rise behind the ridge in eastern Sicily.

A skier was carving turns in the freshly fallen snow when, behind the ridge line, a volcano began spewing ash and smoke as if winter had run out of sky in Sicily

January 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Satellite view of a powerful Pacific storm aimed at the U.S. West Coast, with thick cloud bands signaling heavy mountain snow.

Alert for “paralyzing storm” this weekend: up to 60 inches of snow, near-zero visibility, and widespread power outages

January 16, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Satellite view of Spain’s Mar Menor coastal lagoon and the La Manga sandbar separating it from the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mar Menor hides an underground river that no one could see, and every year it leaves a toxic “signature” underwater where thousands of people swim

January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Cutaway illustration of Earth showing the mantle and core, highlighting deep interior layers near the core-mantle boundary.

Two giant “spots” under Africa and the Pacific have been puzzling geologists for decades, and a new model suggests they could be the key to why life exists here

January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Wide aerial view of a vast solar farm with thousands of blue panels arranged in rows across open grassland under a bright sky.

In the middle of the Tibetan desert, China’s largest solar park is doing something unexpected that goes far beyond producing electricity

January 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Solar farm at sunset with a cutout of a surprised woman and an inset showing Kyosemi’s Sphelar spherical solar cell technology.

Goodbye to solar panels: Japan has just broken a rule that had remained intact for more than 140 years and proves that solar panels do not have to be flat

January 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
North Korean leader stands inside an indoor shipyard beside a large submarine hull shown in newly released state media photos.

North Korea shows what it claims to be its nuclear submarine for the first time, and the images raise more questions than answers

January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
ALMA and VLA composite image of protostar SVS 13’s jet in NGC 1333, highlighting multiple ring-shaped shells that trace past outbursts.

A cosmic jet looked like just a bright trail, but ALMA has discovered that it is actually a secret archive of a star’s violent childhood

January 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Artist illustration of Cambrian seafloor life, including trilobites and other marine animals, before an ancient ocean die-off.

530 million years ago, the oceans filled with an invisible, lethal gas, and nearly half of all marine life disappeared with no escape

January 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
German officials meet under NATO and German flags as MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones and maritime patrol aircraft fly over warships at sea.

Germany is buying U.S.-made maritime drones for $1.5 billion, exposing cracks in Europe’s military sovereignty

January 14, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Artist rendering of Japan’s H3 rocket in flight above Earth, with the upper stage firing as it climbs toward orbit.

Japan looked to the skies once again with its H3 rocket until the engine malfunctioned and minutes later the plan began to unravel

January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
They were told to take down their Christmas lights at a base in Florida, and the reason was not the Air Force. It was the lease contract they had signed

They were told to take down their Christmas lights at a base in Florida, and the reason was not the Air Force. It was the lease contract they had signed

January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Static test firing of the P160C solid rocket motor at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, sending a huge smoke plume skyward.

Europe has just fired up a more powerful engine in French Guiana, and the change could alter who calls the shots in space launches

January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
People stand amid collapsed buildings in Haiti, with an InSAR satellite deformation map overlay showing post-quake ground movement and the epicenter

After the major earthquake in Haiti, something continued to move underground for weeks, and scientists have just discovered what it was

January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
MeerKAT radio telescope dishes in South Africa under a star-filled sky, used to detect hydrogen in distant galaxies

They pointed a radio telescope for less than three hours and, without even looking for them, ended up finding 49 new galaxies hidden in the data

January 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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