Science

NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft captured rare visible and thermal infrared images of Earth and the Moon on July 3, 2026. Taken from 363,250 miles (584,600 kilometers) from Earth and 115,600 miles (186,100 kilometers) from the Moon, the photos serve as a critical calibration check for camera systems built by Northern Arizona University before the twin orbiters … Read more

NASA has distributed $3.2 million across 18 early-stage technology concepts for space exploration, funding projects ranging from lunar-surface hovering robots to a 10,000-satellite swarm designed to study Saturn’s rings, according to recent agency announcements. Funding Breakthrough Concepts for the Moon and Beyond The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program has selected 18 new Phase I awards … Read more

Unearthed in Zimbabwe and dating back 210 million years, a newly identified sauropodomorph dinosaur named Musango matusadonaensis is challenging long-held assumptions about prehistoric ecosystems in southern Africa, revealing that the ancient supercontinent Gondwana featured a patchwork of distinct regional communities rather than a single uniform fauna. Fossil Discovery Along the Shores of Lake Kariba The … Read more

Venus holds the title of the hottest planet in the solar system, with surface temperatures reaching 867 degrees Fahrenheit, despite Mercury sitting closer to the sun. A runaway greenhouse effect driven by a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere traps intense solar heat, creating a relentless global environment that completely overwhelms distance. Why Venus Outheats Mercury Despite … Read more

As of July 20, 2026, the public can freely access data from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite. Launched from India on July 30, 2025, the joint Earth-observation mission has captured detailed radar imagery, including a striking East Antarctic ice formation nicknamed the hummingbird. NASA-ISRO Satellite Opens Data Access Through Bhoonidhi and U.S. Portals The … Read more

July’s full Buck Moon reaches peak illumination on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, offering stargazers an amber moonrise alongside active meteor showers. While daytime hides the exact peak for North America, evening moonrises provide the most dramatic views, framed by the Moon illusion and nearby summer constellations. Celestial calendars and astronomical calculations mark the arrival of … Read more

The iconic Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory faces a severe funding threat as the Science and Technology Facilities Council grapples with an £80 million budget shortfall, casting uncertainty over critical British radio astronomy and training capabilities amid sweeping national science cuts under the Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Budget Shortfalls and Priority … Read more

Nicola Fox recalled being one of just four women in her university science course in 1991, reflecting on decades of gradual change in Stem fields. SpaceX Completes Starship V3 Test Flight and Splashdown SpaceX executed a successful test flight of its Starship megarocket, culminating in a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean roughly an hour … Read more

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

Wimbledon’s contentious expansion plans face a fresh delay after the Court of Appeal granted Save Wimbledon Park the right to challenge a High Court ruling on July 22, 2026. The legal battle over the former golf course site pushes the project’s completion timeline toward the mid-2030s. The protracted dispute over the future of the Wimbledon … Read more

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 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