An image of Stephan’s Quintet made up of Spitzer, JWST and Chandra X-Ray observations. The blue part in the middle signifies the massive shock wave. NASA/CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CSA/STScI Last year, when I…
A magical, misty moment in Texas as Starship poses on the launchpad in January 2023. SpaceX A new spacecraft may soon reach orbit if SpaceX gets its way with a…
This bloom preserved in amber more than 33 million years old is a giant among flowers trapped in amber. Carola Radke, MfN (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) Amber — sticky tree…
Excavation and study is still in the early phases for this shrine, which might have been a temple of Poseidon. Birgitta Eder/Athens Branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute Paging Percy…
Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images This story is part of CNET Zero, a series that chronicles the impact of climate change and explores what’s being done about the problem. “Cancer…
Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images “Cancer Alley” is an 85-mile stretch of land in Louisiana containing 150 petrochemical facilities situated near mostly Black, low-income residents who suffer from abnormally high…
An artist’s impression of what the “terminator” zone may be like on Proxima b. ESO/M. Kornmesser What if night and day were places to visit rather than times to pass?…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope hit another milestone on Wednesday, identifying its first exoplanet 41 light-years away that is almost exactly the same size as Earth. Formally dubbed LHS 475 b,…
An illustration of an ultracool dwarf star (front, red) with a companion white dwarf (back, white with blue haze). Getty Images It’s always a rare delight when astronomers stumble upon…
Artist illustration of TOI 700 e orbiting in the habitable zone of its star. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt Well, hello there! Astronomers have discovered a previously undetected Earth-size planet hanging out in…
