Earth will spin faster today to create 2nd-shortest day in history.

Earth will complete a full rotation in slightly less time than usual today (July 22), making it one of the shortest days ever recorded. The difference will be just 1.34 milliseconds less than the standard 24 hours — not something you'll notice — but it's part of a pu…

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SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff.

SpaceX aborted the launch of two communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with two of SES' O3b mPOWER internet spacecraft was set to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:27 p.m. EDT (…

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Amateur astrophotographer captures trio of breathtaking nebulas from the Central Australian Desert.

Amateur astrophotographer and full-time wildlife conservationist Tim Henderson captured a trio of breathtaking nebula scenes adorning the pristine skies above the Central Australian Desert. Henderson was able to capture detailed portraits of the Carina Nebula, along with the…

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'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals.

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon's interior. For decades, scientists pictured Europa's frozen surface as a still, silent shell. But t…

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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered an oddball galaxy, dubbed the Infinity Galaxy, that could be host to a "direct collapse black hole." That is, a black hole originally created directly from a vast cloud of collapsing gas and …

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Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard.

Traffic at the International Space Station (ISS) is busy, with spacecraft coming and going almost every few weeks recently. Astronauts with the private Ax-4 mission undocked early July 14 to make way for SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission for NASA, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon …

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Astronomers witness the birth of a planetary system for the 1st time.

Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a planetary system that could one day resemble the solar system. The discovery offers scientists a proxy to study how our home planetary system formed around the sun around 4.6 billion years ago. The team was able to pinpoint the momen…

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Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA's Chandra space telescope.

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have witnessed a distant, Jupiter-size world "shrinking" as its host star bombards it with heavy radiation. The extrasolar planet, or "exoplanet," is named TOI 1227 b and is a cosmic baby at just 8 mi…

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King Charles shatters 100 year-old royal tradition to usher in modern monarchy.

After more than 100 years, King Charles is changing the rules at Buckingham Palace. For the first time, players on the royal family’s outdoor tennis court no longer have to follow the strict "almost entirely white" dress code, The Sunday Times reported. According t…

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NASA is watching an exoplanet shrink under a tremendous force.

Astronomers have taken a close look at one of the youngest known exoplanets and found it's on the receiving end of relentless brutality.  This giant baby world, TOI 1227b, is about the size of Jupiter but much lighter — more like a puffed-up version of Neptune, about 330…

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Uranus really is hotter than it has any right to be.

A new analysis of decades' worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun. This conclusion, arrived at by two independent teams of scientists, finally resolves a puzzle that first emerged when Voyager 2…

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Almost 75% of American Teens Have Used AI Companions.

Nearly three in four American teenagers have used AI companions, with more than half qualifying as regular users despite growing safety concerns about these virtual relationships, according to a new survey released Wednesday. AI companions – chatbots designed for personal co…

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2 billion-year-old moon rock found in Africa reveals secret lunar history.

A meteorite that fell from the moon and was found in Africa is a rare volcanic rock dating from a time period in lunar history that scientists know little about. The 311-gram space rock was discovered in 2023 and is known as the Northwest Africa 16286 meteorite — and based o…

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Europe working to launch 'Invictus' hypersonic space plane by 2031.

Europe doesn't want to be left out of the space plane party. The European Space Agency (ESA) is funding the development of a hypersonic space plane pathfinder, which will start flying by 2031 if all goes according to plan. The work is being done via a research program cal…

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Fossil' object dubbed 'Ammonite' discovered on the outskirts of the solar system.

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" body residing on the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research. The object – which goes by the formal designation 2023 KQ14 but is nicknamed “Ammonite," in an apparent nod to the widely found, ancient fossi…

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New COVID-19 vaccine protects against several variants, researchers say.

Australian scientists say they have created a COVID-19 vaccine that can protect against several variants of the virus. Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney created the CoVEXS5 vaccine, which protects against five variants of the virus, inclu…

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Tsunami alerts for Alaska canceled after 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Aleutians.

A large stretch of the Alaska coast was on watch for a tsunami for several hours Wednesday afternoon after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake off the Aleutian Islands, officials said. The warning was later changed to an advisory, which was allowed to expire, with no immediate report…

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Linux surpasses 5% market share on US desktops for the first time.

New data reveals how the American desktop landscape is shifting. Linux has achieved a new milestone in the United States, breaking the 5 percent barrier for desktop operating system market share for the first time. The OS now holds 5.03 percent of the desktop market in the …

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China's lunar sample-return mission may have figured it out.

The origin of the strange differences between the near and far sides of the moon are a step closer to being solved, thanks to new findings from China's Chang'e 6 mission that returned samples from the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin. The near side of the moon is famili…

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Our Milky Way galaxy may be surrounded by 100 undetected 'orphan' galaxies.

Our cosmic neighborhood may be far more crowded than previous estimates have suggested. New research hints the Milky Way could have many more small dwarf galaxy "satellites" around it than expected. The team, comprised of cosmologists from Durham University, combin…

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Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine and gives Russia new deadline to make peace.

President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a pair of steps intended to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine, including funneling new weapons to Kyiv and threatening economic punishment on Moscow if peace isn’t reached in 50 days, as he grows increasingly disenchanted wi…

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Archaeologists keep finding gigantic shoes at this 2000-year-old Roman Site.

Archaeologists working at the Magna Roman Fort in northern England have made a series of huge discoveries, in the very literal sense. Recent excavations at the ancient Roman fortification have unearthed several examples of gigantic shoes, with one representing what could be …

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Trump appears at FIFA Club World Cup final on anniversary of Pennsylvania assassination attempt.

President Donald Trump made an appearance at the Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday – one year after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Trump was on hand for the match between Chelsea and Paris Sai…

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Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1.

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a move that could cause massive upheaval between the United States and two of its biggest trade partners. Trump detailed the planned tariffs in let…

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Ancient “pyramids” discovered in Poland, containing 5,500-year-old tombs.

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a set of 5,500-year-old triangular structures that have been nicknamed “Polish pyramids”, and which contain megalithic tombs from one of the region’s oldest sedentary agricultural societies. The mounds were discovered in the Wielkopol…

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SpaceX to invest $2 billion in Musk's xAI startup.

SpaceX has committed $2 billion to xAI as part of a $5 billion equity round, deepening the ties between tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his artificial intelligence startup races to compete with rival OpenAI. The investment follows xAI's merger with X and val…

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NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS.

The next astronaut launch to the International Space Station (ISS) is just around the corner. NASA is targeting July 31 for the launch of its next astronaut mission with SpaceX. The flight, called Crew-11, will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A)…

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe snaps closest-ever images to sun.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken the closest ever images to the Sun, captured just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. The new close-up images show features in the solar wind, the constant stream of electrically charged subatomic particles released by the Sun that r…

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02 Canadian companies NordSpace and ProtoSpace hope to launch country's 1st space mission.

At a coastal site on the southeastern tip of Newfoundland, a brand-new rocket is nearly ready for flight. It was built entirely in Canada, fueled by kerosene and ambition, and spearheaded by a startup with its eyes on orbit. NordSpace is on track to conduct the first commer…

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How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb.

The Trump administration has been disrupting the infrastructure of U.S. science over the last few months, its latest blow being a 2026 budget proposal that would cut NASA's science funding in about half. If passed by Congress, this budget would be devastating, scientist…

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