Sky-gazers can look forward to a double meteor shower peak this week. How and when to see it
The Alpha Capricornid and Southern Delta Aquariid meteor showers will peak on Thursday night into Friday morning. Here’s how you can see them.
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How to see July’s full buck moon
July’s full buck moon will grace the sky on Wednesday. Sky-gazers can use the opportunity to connect with the cosmos.
Final contenders revealed for 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has narrowed the search for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year. The winners will be announced on September 17.
An object in a satellite image defies explanation. Could it solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries?
Two teams are set to explore dramatically different theories about what happened to Amelia Earhart. Each believes it’s closing in on the answer.
Watch an orca ram a sunfish so hard that the fish explodes
Scientists captured video of orcas ramming into sunfish with such force that the fish exploded. The behavior may be for fun as well as for feeding, th…
How a YouTube accidentally proved the existence of Libya’s ‘desert ghosts’
When a photographer uploaded a YouTube video showing a sand cat in Libya, it started a quest to scientifically document the feline in the country for …
Collisions in space are a growing concern. A plan to address it is reigniting a turf war
As the risk of crashes between objects in Earth orbit continues to grow, a new vote highlights the debate over who has the authority to police these s…
Glimpse what life was like for survivors of the Pompeii disaster
A new docuseries and ongoing research are revealing that survivors charted a fresh start after an eruption devastated the ancient Roman city.
Bronze Age ‘shaman,’ previously assumed to be a male metalworker, was actually a woman
Bronze Age remains once thought to belong to a revered male metalworker are in fact female, new DNA analysis has found, calling into question long-hel…
Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation to continue its journey through an unexplored part of the solar system.
