A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk
An illustration of the ClearSpace-1 mission, which is set to launch in 2026.Illustration: ESA In a sad case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the…
X-Ray Analysis of Pompeii Victims’ Bones Suggest They Suffocated to Death
Researchers studying the remains of six individuals from Pompeii concluded they asphyxiated during the volcanic eruption that doomed the town nearly 2,000 years ago. Even Twitter Can’t Kill Twitter |…
Tropical Storm Harold Has Swept Into Texas
Bubba Ferguson drags a boat through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas on September. 14, 2021, in San Luis Pass, Texas.Photo: David J. Phillip (AP) Tropical storm…
Putin’s War Against Ukraine Is Slaughtering Dolphins in the Black Sea
Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine has destroyed infrastructure and displaced about 5 million people from the country since last spring. The country’s conservationists have also noticed that the war is…
How Many People Does It Take to Start a Colony on Mars?
It might only take 22 people to establish a colony on Mars, though that small group of cosmic inhabitants should have agreeable personality types to survive on the Red Planet,…
850 People Remain Missing in Maui After Devastating Wildfires
850 people are currently still missing in Maui, more than two weeks after the fires first sparked, Maui County’s Mayor Richard Bissen said. What Did the Actors Bring to Their…
Check Out These Winning Pics of Plants, Fungi, Whales, and Dinosaurs
A microscopic image of a dinosaur’s blood vessel.Image: Dr Jasmina Wiemann The runner-up image in the ‘Paleoecology’ category is a microscopic shot of an extracted diplodocid dinosaur blood vessel. The…
The Maui Fires Are Messing With Hawaii’s Prized Coral Reefs
Devastating wildfires that have killed more than 100 people have also created dangerous conditions for fragile wildlife and natural ecosystems off Maui’s shores. Scientists and officials are worried that coral…
An Invasive Hornet That Murders Honeybees Has Arrived in the United States
The Georgia Department of Agriculture announced earlier this week that a beekeeper in Savannah found an unusual insect later identified by University of Georgia officials as a yellow-legged hornet. What…
Hurricanes More Likely to Kill Vulnerable Populations in the U.S., Study Finds
Atlantic tropical storms are more likely to kill minorities and those in other vulnerable communities, according to a new study published in Science Advances. Hurricanes and Climate | Extreme Earth…