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An hourglass floating in front of Earth, symbolizing how climate change is affecting the planet’s rotation and global timekeeping.

Climate change is now tugging on the world’s clocks

January 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Illustration showing Mars with water imagery, symbolizing ancient wave ripples that suggest shallow, ice-free lakes once existed on the planet.

The small marks that anyone has seen on a beach now appear on Mars and could be the clearest evidence of shallow, ice-free lakes

January 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Underground cave lake with turquoise water and mineral formations, used as an illustration for Earth’s “hidden ocean” discovery.

Gigantic “hidden ocean” discovered 700 kilometers beneath Earth’s surface

January 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
General Fusion’s plasma compression fusion machine during magnetized target fusion tests in Canada.

Canada has just broken a world record in nuclear fusion, and the number of neutrons has put the entire energy industry on alert

January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Record 64.8-gram gold nugget found in England’s Shropshire Hills after a faulty metal detector prompted a backup.

Faulty metal detector leads to record gold nugget find in England’s Shropshire Hills

January 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Concrete interstate lane with white dashed lines paired with thin black bands, a contrast marking that stays visible in glare.

If you’ve seen these new stripes on the highway and wondered why they look like that, the answer is smarter than it seems

January 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Illustration of a Martian crater lake, representing evidence of ancient liquid water on Mars from wave ripple patterns.

Clear and definitive evidence of liquid water, not just ancient ice, found on Mars

January 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Aerial view of solar panel arrays at a solar installation, tied to research on integrated solar generation and energy storage.

Goodbye to traditional batteries: this new solar system combines generation and storage in a single device

January 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Two spherical dinosaur egg fossils from Anhui, China, cracked open to reveal sparkling calcite crystals inside like a geode.

Scientists find two nearly perfect dinosaur eggs in China and, upon opening them, discover a shiny interior filled with crystals like a geode

January 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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
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