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Concept illustration of NASA's future Moon Base supported by commercial lunar landers and scientific infrastructure.

NASA will pay $590 million to three companies to send construction materials to the Moon, a key step toward making a future lunar base feel less distant

July 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Museum reconstruction of a Neanderthal family with an infant, illustrating research on the rapid early growth of Neanderthal babies.

Neanderthal babies were absolute units, according to a new study that changes how we imagine our most famous human relatives from the very start of life

July 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM
A deep-sea organism is scanned with a laser imaging system aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's ROV during the discovery of new species in the South Atlantic.

In one of the least explored parts of Earth, scientists found life forms that look like they came from another planet, a sharp reminder of how little we know about the deep ocean

July 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
ESA Swarm satellites measure Earth's magnetic field, helping scientists detect changes in liquid iron flow inside the planet's outer core.

New data on liquid iron in Earth’s core suggests stranger internal movements than expected, as if the planet were hiding deep machinery we are only beginning to understand

July 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Emergency crews recover suspected rocket debris from Forrest Beach in Queensland following a recent atmospheric reentry.

Metallic space balls appeared on an Australian beach, leaving a movie-like question behind: what fell from the sky and why did it end up in the sand?

July 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Engineers install a sand-filled structural damper inside a building to reduce vibrations and earthquake forces.

Engineers developed sand dampers that could replace oil and protect buildings and bridges more cheaply and sustainably when vibrations or earthquakes hit

July 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Dragonbot research team from the Universitat Politècnica de València poses with the autonomous dragon fruit harvesting robot.

Young creators built DragonBot, a low-cost robot programmed to pick only one type of seasonal fruit, a very farm-smart idea that could save labor without relying on expensive machines

July 25, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A temporary mud island emerged off the coast of Palo Seco, Trinidad, after powerful earthquakes struck nearby Venezuela.

Scientists discovered a mud volcano off Trinidad formed by earthquakes in Venezuela, a structure born from shaking that shows how the seafloor also keeps fresh scars

July 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A diver swims beside a West Indian Ocean coelacanth, showing the remarkable size of the ancient deep-sea fish.

A fisherman in Anjouan accidentally pulled up a coelacanth, the prehistoric-looking fish that seemed like a living fossil hidden in deep waters and still leaves people stunned

July 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Aerial view of Perisher ski resort with snow-covered slopes in Australia's Kosciuszko National Park.

Artificial ski runs laid like white strips over brown slopes may be saving seasons for now, but they are also feeding the same climate problem that is melting the snow

July 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A black hawk-eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) perched on a tree branch in tropical forest.

A black hawk-eagle was recorded for the first time in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, turning Mexico into the scene of a high-flying naturalist surprise

July 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A jukumari, or Andean bear, stands in native forest near the headwaters of Bolivia's Parapetí River.

The jukumari has reappeared near the headwaters of the Parapetí River, a hopeful sign for conservationists in Bolivia’s Chaco because spotting such an elusive bear is not an everyday thing

July 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Official rendering of the GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor proposed for Britain's nuclear expansion.

A Polish energy giant wants to build 14 small nuclear reactors in Britain, and the 2034 deadline may be the hardest part to believe

July 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Emily Morris and Thorsten Stoesser at Emrgy's canal hydropower installation designed to generate electricity without new dams.

A German engineer and an American developer created a hydropower plant without big dams, a quieter idea that aims to draw power from rivers without breaking them apart so much

July 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Row of conventional electric water-heaters in a utility room, ready to store hot water.

After the home battery boom, the humble water heater could become the next big hidden battery at home, storing energy without most people even noticing

July 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
High-resolution rendering of Denmark’s proposed North Sea Energy Island, surrounded by offshore wind turbines and a breakwater.

Denmark is studying an artificial energy island in the North Sea that could power up to 10 million homes by 2040, basically a giant offshore outlet in the middle of the sea

July 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Lower-jaw fragments and isolated teeth of Masripithecus moghraensis next to an Egyptian one-pound coin for scale.

A new scientific discovery has opened a rare window into Earth’s deep past, showing that ancient clues can still shake up what we thought we knew

July 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Fossil of the Ordovician crinoid Dendrocrinus simcoensis showing arms, stalk, and rare pyritized tube feet preserved in dark shale.

Paleontologists announced a soft-tissue discovery millions of years old, a rare find because these delicate remains usually disappear long before anyone can study them

July 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Long view inside the Large Hadron Collider tunnel, showing rows of blue superconducting magnets before the 2026 shutdown.

CERN has shut down the Large Hadron Collider for 4 years to rebuild it from the inside, and when it returns in 2030 it will not be faster, but far more luminous

July 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Artist’s rendering of China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft firing its ion thruster as it approaches asteroid Kamo’oalewa in deep space.

China’s Tianwen 2 probe is on its way to asteroid 2016 HO3, a small space rock that could become a key piece in the new race to bring back secrets from deep space

July 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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