By Evan Garcia HOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The two professional photography instructors who trained Artemis II astronauts to take pictures of the moon and Earth during their historic lunar flyby said they were as impressed as the public by the stunning celestial imagery caught on camera. NASA photography and video trainers Paul Reichert and…
Early spring around Hudson Bay in northern Canada is largely indistinguishable from winter. Sea ice still clings to land, and the boggy lowlands remain frozen. In the dulled tones of the boreal landscape, however, snow helps accentuate the area’s subtle topography. In late March 2026, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photo…
A common mineral hiding in plain sight could hold the key to making copper production cleaner, faster and more efficient, just as global demand for the metal surges to power the energy transition. In an article published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from Monash University’s School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment describe why chalcopyrite, the source…
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During the Triassic around 205 million years ago, a newly-identified relative of modern crocodiles stalked its prey, but not in the water, a new study finds. Like other ancient crocodile cousins, this newly identified species hadn’t yet ventured into the water. Instead, it hunted its prey on land, much like a modern fox or jackal,…
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team informally named this crater “Antofagasta,” after a region and major city in Chile next to the…
Besides their mission to support animal conservation, research, and public education, zoos also provide safe, tightly monitored spaces where animals can grow exceptionally old, reaching ages they would rarely, if ever, achieve in the wild. Such is the case for Lady Fatou, who was certified in 2025 by Guinness World Records as the oldest living…
New trace fossil discoveries from the half-billion-year-old Cambrian tidal flats of Wisconsin at a site called Blackberry Hill continue to paint the picture of some of the earliest animals to set foot on land and what they might have been eating. The mollusk trail Climactichnites blackberriensis (Cb) presumably stopping to eat a scyphozoan (jellyfish) that…
April 14, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Sperm whales may make their own vowel sounds, similar to human language Sperm whales, which make clicking sounds to communicate, use different “vowels” in ways similar to human speech By Allison Parshall edited by Claire Cameron Reinhard Dirscherl/Getty Images Sperm whales’ click-based communication system…
A new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi. The suit, filed on Tuesday in Mississippi federal court, alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act due to emissions from its makeshift power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, which powers…
