Science

Aerial view of marine clouds over the ocean reflecting sunlight, with bright light reaching the water surface below.

Cleaner air is making marine clouds about 2.8% less reflective per decade over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, and scientists say that “clean-air paradox” is letting more sunlight hit the water and helping oceans warm faster than forecasts expected

June 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Artist’s illustration of TOI-1452 b as a blue-green possible ocean world against a field of stars.

Astronomers describe an exoplanet that may be an “ocean world,” and the idea of a water-covered planet puts the search for hidden life back on the table

June 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Close-up view of the Sombrero Galaxy showing its bright central bulge, thin dust lane, and faint surrounding halo.

Scientists detect an invisible halo around the Sombrero Galaxy for the first time, 30 million light-years away, and its extra size changes what we thought we knew about a cosmic postcard

June 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Interior of the newly discovered 13-meter chamber at the back of Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar, showing ancient sediment layers and rock formations.

A cave sealed in Gibraltar for 40,000 years is home to what could be the last place of residence of the Neanderthals

June 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Close-up of platypus head and bill highlighting fur linked to unusual hollow melanosomes.

The platypus adds another oddity: its hair has hollow melanosomes, a trait typical of birds, and the finding proves again this animal does not follow the rules

June 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Satellite view of the Kondyor Massif circular ring structure in eastern Russia, showing its raised ridge and central basin.

A perfect 3.7-mile ring in far eastern Russia puzzles NASA satellites, it looks like a crater or volcano, but the agency says it is neither, and that is the mystery

June 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Large ground crack in a tectonic rift landscape, illustrating how Earth’s crust is pulling apart in East Africa.

Ethiopia is tearing toward a new ocean, and geologists explain how the rift is pulling the crust apart millimeter by millimeter until the map of East Africa changes

June 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Chick in a lab experiment choosing between round and spiky shapes, illustrating sound-shape associations linked to early language perception.

A chick experiment strengthens the bouba-kiki effect, and the surprise is that a biological root of language may start long before words

June 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
NASA NISAR satellite orbiting Earth during a mission linked to GPS jammer detection in Iran

NASA satellites built to study weather are now being used to pinpoint GPS jammers, and the twist is that two separate satellite systems reportedly located a mysterious jammer in Iran to within just a few miles

June 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Donald Trump pointing toward the sky with a concept illustration of a space-based missile defense shield and satellites over Earth.

Trump pushes a “Golden Dome” plan to take missile defense into space, and the proposal reignites tensions with China and Russia while colliding with brutal physics and cost limits

June 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A collection of ancient Roman denarii and silver-washed radiate coins unearthed from clay vessels in North Wales.

A metal detector hobbyist finds 15,000 Roman coins in a field, and the hoard triggers the obvious question: who hid that much wealth and never came back?

June 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
A close-up view of a cat with signs of a fungal skin lesion on its face, indicative of sporotrichosis.

A cat-linked fungus, Sporothrix brasiliensis, is spreading to humans, raising concern because it turns an animal infection into a household health issue

June 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Close-up of the accordion worm (Pararosa vigarae) showing its characteristic ringed body structure while contracted.

First images show a ribbon worm that folds like an accordion, and Pararosa vigarae looks like sci-fi even though it lives in the real ocean

June 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Visualization of the universe and distant galaxies related to a theory proposing a 27 billion-year-old cosmos without dark matter.

An astrophysicist argues dark matter doesn’t exist and the universe is 27 billion years old, a controversial theory trying to fit data that won’t sit still in the standard model

June 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Close-up of gold crystals with metallic shine and textured surface, representing gold under experimental conditions.

Scientists accidentally discover gold can be chemically reactive by creating gold hydride, and the experiment cracks the myth that gold is always inert

June 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Illustration of a large prehistoric crocodile-like predator with open jaws in a dry landscape, representing a dinosaur-hunting species.

Scientists find the skeleton of a killer crocodile that hunted dinosaurs 70 million years ago, and its anatomy tells the story of predators that ruled without permission

June 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A ground-nesting mining bee emerging from a small burrow in sandy soil.

Millions of bees are found nesting underground in a massive colony, and the scale forces a rethink of how we protect pollinators beyond hives

June 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Archaeologists excavating the mudbrick walls of multi-story tower houses in the ancient city of Imet.

Archaeologists rediscover Egypt’s 2,500-year-old “ghost city” of Imet, and the find brings streets and buildings back from under the desert

June 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A view from the International Space Station showing a vibrant red gigantic jet lightning event discharging above a thunderstorm.

NASA astronauts capture rare red “sprites” above storms from the space station, and the scene reveals a kind of lightning so high and elusive we usually miss it

June 6, 2026 at 6:30 AM
A satellite radar image overlay showing ground elevation changes at the summit of Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran.

Iran’s remote Taftan volcano stirs after 700,000 silent years, and the return of activity is a reminder Earth keeps longer clocks than human memory

June 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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