Sharks have scared us a lot this summer, primarily for suspected attacks on humans. However, humans are a larger threat to sharks than sharks are to us.The 34th official Shark Week takes place from July 24 to July 30 on…
Russia says it is planning to pull out of the International Space Station and end its decades-long partnership with NASA at the orbiting outpost, according to the newly appointed head of Russia's space agency.Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov told Russian President…
A provocative study published earlier this year proposed that the world's best-known and perhaps best-loved dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, was actually three separate species.Not so fast, says new research published Monday, which argues that T. rex shouldn't be reclassified. Any variations…
When I was training to be a journalist, the best piece of advice I got was KISS -- keep it simple, stupid.It's a principle allegedly coined by the late Kelly Johnson, one of the world's greatest aircraft designers, who once…
One of the most popular and recognizable insects is at risk of extinction, according to a global organization focused on conservation and sustainability.The International Union for Conservation of Nature has added the migratory monarch butterfly to its Red List of…
Brutal heat waves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing temperatures on much of China into late August.In addition to temperatures spiking above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), wildfires are raging across…
The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles accumulating on the region's icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet.Several days of unusually warm weather in northern…
NASA's Perseverance rover captured an unusual image of something lying in the red sand of Mars: a bundle of string.The rover's front left hazard avoidance camera took a photo of the light-colored object on July 12 that some people likened…
Prepare for a potential liftoff to the moon at the end of the summer.The Artemis I mega rocket may be launching on its trip to the moon on August 29, September 2 or September 5, according to Jim Free, associate…
A 2,000-year-old fortress built on a mountainside in what's now Iraqi Kurdistan could be part of a lost royal city called Natounia.With the help of drone photography, archaeologists excavated and cataloged the site during a series of digs between 2009…
Russia's highest ranked female tennis player came out as gay in an interview, while addressing rising homophobic attitudes in the country.Daria Kasatkina, currently ranked No. 12 in the world, told a Russian blogger that she is in a relationship with…
An elusive type of black hole has been discovered in a neighboring galaxy for the first time, according to a new study based on observations from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope.Dormant stellar-mass black holes, which form when…
The James Webb Space Telescope's first stunning images of the distant universe have been followed up by something a little closer to home.Data collected during the telescope's commissioning period, before its science operations officially started on July 12, have been…
If you have ever watched "It's a Wonderful Life," the film has an unexpected cosmic cameo.A group of angels listening for prayers is actually Stephan's Quintet, a compact galaxy group discovered in 1877. The galaxies interlock in a dance 290…
Temperatures in the UK are expected to soar to all-time highs early next week, prompting the British government to issue a "red" heat warning for the first time and note the dangerous health impacts the weather could have. Air conditioning,…
Ocean worlds in our solar system are attractive places in the search for life beyond Earth.Beneath a thick, icy shell, Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus likely harbor oceans, scientists believe. On Earth, the oceans teem with…
The Perseverance rover now has a new job: acting as a location scout on Mars.In addition to collecting the first samples from an ancient river delta on the red planet, the robotic explorer has been scouting out flat areas around…
A mysterious radio burst with a pattern similar to a heartbeat has been detected in space.Astronomers estimate that the signal came from a galaxy roughly a billion light-years away, but the exact location and cause of the burst is unknown.…
The European Space Agency terminated its cooperation with Russia to launch Europe's first planetary rover, the agency's chief said Tuesday.Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, and ESA were collaborating on a mission involving the European ExoMars Rover, designed to look for…
After the second-warmest June on record, western Europe is bracing for its second dangerous heat wave of the summer.The UK, Portugal, Spain and France are facing record-breaking temperatures this week, with little relief in sight.Hot conditions will continue to worsen…
