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…
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A study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea appear to be splitting into two vocal dialect groups, offering a rare view of culture changing in a wild animal population. The study analyzed nearly two decades of underwater recordings from an endangered, isolated group of whales…
LeoLabs announced that its radar network detected a new unknown object near China’s Shenlong reusable space plane on June 22, 2026. The finding adds another clue to one of the most closely watched spacecraft in low Earth orbit. China’s vehicle has flown multiple long-duration missions, released objects before and shared few public details about its…
ESA’s Euclid mission has revealed the largest and most detailed visible-light image ever made of the Milky Way’s center, giving astronomers a packed new view of more than 60 million stars. The Euclid mission captured the vast stellar mosaic in about 26 hours, opening a new way to study known and future exoplanets through tiny…
