The pea crab (Pinnotheres pisum), also known as the mussel flea. This tiny animal is one of the smallest crab species (a female rarely measures more than 12 mm across) and is a parasite of mussels and some other bivalve mollusks. Mussels are a tough nut to crack: their thick shells and lightning reflexes protect … Read more
Watch it live! SpaceX Starship megarocket launches into orbit for the first time – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will attempt to enter orbit for the first time on Monday morning (September 28), and you can watch the historic action live. Starship is scheduled to launch from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas on … Read more
Quick FactsWhat it is: IC 348, a star-forming reflection nebula. Where it is: 1,000 light years away, in the constellation of Perseus. When shared: September 15, 2026. Behold: one of the largest panoramas of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) published to date. This intense and impressive image offers a remarkably detailed view of IC … Read more
Sign up to see the future, today Unmissable innovations from the cutting edge of science and technology In a 2022 study, scientists suggested there could be huge mountain ranges, on the scale of the Himalayas, formed about 500 million years ago when the supercontinent Gondwana formed in Earth’s southern hemisphere. The giant mass was once … Read more
Chinese researchers appear to have revealed a previously unknown inter-satellite refueling operation in high Earth orbit, putting the country at the forefront of a technology that could reshape the space race. In a peer-reviewed paper for the Journal of Deep Space Exploration, the team said China had “successfully provided room-temperature refueling for a high-orbit BeiDou … Read more
A team of astrophysicists has detected a radio signal coming from a planet beyond the solar system for the first time in scientific history, according to explosive new research. The development is an important step toward discovering the types of planets found deep in the galaxy and where life could be found. The team of … Read more
On September 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launch pad. Two cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov were inside their Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft atop the rocket, and barely made it out alive. Titov and Strekalov’s mission was to launch cosmonauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the Salyut 7 space station. … Read more
A Martian rock formation that looked like an ancient coastline from space now appears to preserve a much more surprising water history. Since 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has explored Jezero Crater, a 45-kilometer-wide basin on Mars where rivers once fed a lake. Scientists hoped to find sedimentary rocks along the crater rim, a clue that … Read more
This comeback is becoming a gigantic task for artificial intelligence. Scientists working to de-extinct the woolly mammoth report that the project is taking longer than expected and are relying on artificial intelligence to solve the 4,000-year-old problem. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences is attempting to revive the hairy elephant ancestor through gene-editing technology and DNA harvested from … Read more
Parachutes rarely get the credit they deserve. They transform a deadly free fall into a gentle descent, saving lives in war zones, rescue missions and even humanitarian aid deliveries. But they have a flaw: once released, they are at the mercy of the wind. A carefully targeted medication package can easily go off target. Now, … Read more