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Earth at night with city lights across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, seen from space.

Goodbye to truly dark nights on Earth: a California startup wants to deploy 4,000 mirrors in space, and astronomers are already on alert

January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Towering open-ocean wave with windblown spray, part of the North Pacific megastorm swell measured at up to 115 feet.

Satellites capture a mega-storm in the North Pacific that produced giant waves up to 115 feet high that traveled nearly 15,000 miles

January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Grease-stained hand holding a spark plug in front of a car engine bay.

They gave her a quote for replacing the spark plugs, she bought her own to “save money,” and two weeks later the car started telling a different story

January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Grad PLUS loan request form in front of the U.S. Department of Education, as 2026 loan caps hit architecture and nursing.

Architecture and nursing lose official status in the US, and student loan cuts now have a date

January 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Wolf supermoon behind a bare tree as meteor streaks cross the night sky during the Quadrantid shower

The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its brief peak tonight, and the Wolf supermoon may make it difficult to catch

January 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
NASA LunaRecycle Challenge winners announcement graphic over the Moon’s surface with NASA logo and recycling badge.

NASA’s 3 million dollar “lunar recycle” bet could change how we deal with trash on and off the Moon

January 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Large papery wasp nest with a round entrance hanging in a leafy tree.

The first heavy frost arrived, the garden fell silent, and then the big question arose: where do bees and wasps hide for months without freezing to death?

January 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Montage of ALMA observations showing warped, tilted protoplanetary discs traced by carbon monoxide gas around young stars.

Astronomers tracked carbon monoxide around young stars and found a twist that shouldn’t be there

January 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine inside a U.S. shipyard, image illustrating the return of the USS Utah name.

U.S. Navy brings back the USS Utah name with a new Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine

January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Scam alert graphic about fake websites claiming a $2,000 IRS deposit, showing IRS logo, cash, and a warning sign.

Suspicious websites appear claiming a $2,000 deposit from the IRS, and many wonder if the income is real or a scam

January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars with inset close-up of the metal-rich rock “Phippsaksla,” likely an iron-nickel meteorite.

Perseverance finds a metal stranger on Mars and a new clue to our own planet’s past

January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Deep-sea submersible shines a light on a coelacanth swimming above a rocky seafloor.

A mistake repeated since the 1800s hid a legendary predator in the cliffs of southwest England

January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Drone view of Uşaklı Höyük, Turkey, where seven infants’ remains were found beside a monumental Hittite stone circle.

Seven babies buried without graves or pots surrounded a monumental structure, and now archaeologists believe they understand what kind of ritual was celebrated there

January 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
MeerKAT image of Inkathazo, a giant radio galaxy with bent jets spanning ~3.3 million light-years

A galaxy so large that it makes the Milky Way seem tiny has been detected, and scientists are calling it a “problem” for a disturbing reason

January 3, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A swirling black hole in deep space, symbolizing a “loud” alien technosignature screaming across the cosmos.

Forget flying saucers and friendly messages: the first alien civilization we detect could be “screaming” across the cosmos

January 3, 2026 at 5:34 AM
The ocean liner SS United States passes beneath a Delaware River bridge as it departs for conversion into a Gulf artificial reef.

The legendary SS United States sets sail for the last time, and its final destination is not a port, but the bottom of the ocean

January 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Small dark meteorite half buried in Antarctic ice, a carbonaceous chondrite studied for water and metal resources for space exploration.

A small dark meteorite trapped in Antarctic ice could be pointing to how the future will be built and supplied in space

January 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Aging star swelling and pulling nearby planets inward, illustrating how old suns can destroy close-orbiting worlds.

Astronomers observe aging stars that are destroying their own planets, and it could happen to Earth

January 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Russian Navy nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (080) at sea with escort tugs

After more than 20 years without sailing, a Russian nuclear giant returned to the sea, and the most disturbing detail is not its size

January 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Close-up of a rusted suspension bolt, illustrating corrosion risk behind the Toyota Proace recall.

A simple rusty screw has put 166,000 vans on alert, and what’s disturbing is what could happen if it fails while the vehicle is in motion

January 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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