Residents Urged to Join Annual Big Butterfly Count

Silver-studded Blue butterfly perched on a flower. It is a metallic blue coloured insect with black dots scatted across its

Organized by Butterfly Conservation, the citizen science survey asks the public to spend 15 minutes recording butterflies and moths in local green spaces to help scientists track environmental changes and declining populations. Citizen Science Initiative Targets Biodiversity Decline Visit the official Big Butterfly Count website at https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ for details and id chart. It is an … Read more

NASA Psyche Spacecraft Uses Mars Flyby for Gravity Assist and Testing

Psyche studied a planet it was never sent to visit

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept past Mars at 12,300 mph on May 15, 2026, utilizing a gravity assist to reshape its trajectory toward a distant metal-rich asteroid. While securing a crucial velocity boost, the probe put its entire scientific payload through a rigorous flight rehearsal, capturing rare vistas and testing instruments. When an interplanetary spacecraft builds … Read more

Astronomers Confirm Four White Dwarf Stars Within 65 Light-Years of Earth

The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit above Earth

Astronomers have directly confirmed four white dwarf stars hiding within 65 light-years of Earth. Researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to separate the dim dead stellar cores from the brighter red dwarf stars that previously masked them, updating the local stellar census within our cosmic neighborhood. Four burned-out stellar remnants have been directly confirmed in … Read more

Uppsala University Scientists Find Sun Has 55% More Silver Than Estimated

Astronomers at Uppsala University have calculated that the Sun contains 55 percent more silver than previous estimates suggested. For years, scientists studying the composition of the solar system faced an enduring puzzle. While the Sun, planets, and primitive meteorites all condensed from the same primordial cloud of gas and dust approximately 4.6 billion years ago, … Read more

Europa Ocean Water Less Likely to Reach Surface, Rutgers Study Finds

New computational modeling reveals that liquid water from Europa’s global subsurface ocean is far less likely to reach the moon’s upper ice layer than previously assumed. Published in Nature Astronomy, the research demonstrates that the icy shell acts as a rigid barrier, complicating future space exploration missions targeting Jupiter’s moon. The search for extraterrestrial life … Read more

Orcas Filmed Coordinating to Ram Sunfish Into Fragments in Mexican Waters

Researchers have documented a previously unknown orca feeding and socialization strategy in the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California, where killer whales were filmed coordinating to ram dead sharp-tail sunfish with such explosive force that the heavy carcasses shattered into thousands of tiny fragments. Cooperative Ramming Caught on Video in Mexican Waters The rare hunting … Read more

FCC Approves Reflect Orbital Satellite License for Nighttime Sunlight Test

The U.S. The July 2026 decision clears the Eärendil-1 prototype for communications testing despite sharp protests from astronomers. A Los Angeles-based startup called Reflect Orbital has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its quest to commercialize nighttime sunshine. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a license for the company’s experimental Eärendil-1 satellite, authorizing the spacecraft’s … Read more

Anglian Water Fines Those Using Hosepipes During Ban

Anglian Water confirmed that no fines have been issued following the implementation of a hosepipe ban across parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, which began on July 11 during the region’s third summer heatwave. Meanwhile, Uisce Éireann introduced hosepipe bans across Ireland, carrying statutory penalties of up to €5,000 for non-compliance. Norfolk and Suffolk Hosepipe Restrictions … Read more

Orcas Use New Ramming Technique to Fragment Sunfish in Gulf of California

Transient orcas leaping out of the water near Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Orcas in the Gulf of California have been documented engaging in a previously unknown collaborative feeding strategy, teaming up to ram dead sharp-tail sunfish with such intensity that the carcasses explode into small fragments. Researchers detailed the observations in a paper published in the journal arstechnica.com. Orcas Exhibit Novel Ram-to-Fragment Behavior in Gulf of California … Read more

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams and Crew Prepare for Soyuz MS-28 Return to Earth

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NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are preparing to return to Earth following a 241-day mission aboard the International Space Station, with undocking scheduled aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft for Sunday, July 26, after completing thousands of orbits and millions of miles of travel. Mission Timeline and Return Details for Soyuz MS-28 The … Read more