ESA’s Planetary Defence team has released a close-approach fact sheet for asteroid 1997 NC1, a large near-Earth object making a safe pass by our planet on June 27, 2026. The flyby brings a sizable space rock close enough for careful tracking, yet far enough away to leave Earth completely out of harm’s path. The object,…
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Researchers led by the University of the Sunshine Coast have identified a new species of walking shark from shallow reefs in southeastern Papua New Guinea, according to a study published in the Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. The shark, named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, adds a tenth known species to a rare group of small reef…
Researchers at Penn State are recreating Arctic permafrost inside a Pennsylvania lab to learn how frozen soil responds to microwave signals. Their work could help scientists read satellite and drone data more accurately, giving climate models a clearer view of thawing ground in some of the most remote regions on Earth. The project begins with…
Researchers analyzing NASA’s Webb observations have watched the giant exoplanet HD 80606 b heat up as its stretched orbit carried it close to a Sun-like star. The planet is about four times the mass of Jupiter and its path around its star creates one of the most dramatic atmospheric tests astronomers can observe beyond our…
A study in Royal Society Open Science has found that two humpback whales made extraordinary journeys between breeding grounds in eastern Australia and Brazil. The whales were recognized from the unique markings on their tails, revealing rare long-distance exchanges across the Southern Hemisphere. The finding matters because humpback whale populations are usually tracked as separate…
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has delivered the sharpest X-ray view yet of the jet launched by the supermassive black hole in Messier 87, the galaxy that became famous in 2019 when the Event Horizon Telescope captured the first direct image of a black hole’s shadow. The new Chandra work follows the jet across 13 years…
A study in Astronomy & Astrophysics combines Webb’s infrared vision with more than a decade of Hubble observations to reveal a layered history inside Terzan 5. The crowded stellar system near the Milky Way’s center appears to contain up to four generations of stars, giving astronomers a rare surviving record from the galaxy’s early formation.…
A study in Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association describes a 10-meter marine reptile skeleton from Rutland Water Nature Reserve as the largest ichthyosaur skeleton ever found in the UK. The fossil, nicknamed the Rutland Sea Dragon, was discovered in Jurassic clay after routine conservation work exposed bones on a drained lagoon island. The find gives…
A study in the Journal of Animal Ecology warns that released goldfish can rapidly damage freshwater ecosystems, with effects that reach from murky water to shrinking populations of small aquatic animals. The research, led by scientists affiliated with The University of Toledo and the University of Missouri, tested how goldfish behaved in experimental lake environments…
NASA’s latest launch selection points to a quiet puzzle at the heart of climate science: how the Sun’s changing energy and Earth’s high ice clouds shape the planet below. The agency has chosen Rocket Lab to launch two science missions, TSIS-2 and PolSIR, using three Electron rockets from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.…
A new arXiv study by Nathan A. Kaib and Sean N. Raymond suggests that the star HD 7977 may have passed close enough to the Sun about 2.5 million years ago to leave a detectable mark on comet orbits today. Their simulations point to a startling possibility: the Solar System may still be moving through…
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