Today's Science News
April 23, 2025
SpaceX launches 3 rockets from 3 pads in less than 37 hours (photos) - SpaceX continues to keep up its torrid launch pace, sending three missions to orbit from three different pads over the course of a day and a half.Last chance! This Apple TV+ offer is one of the best streaming deals we've ever seen – but hurry, there's only one day left to grab 70% off - Watch all episodes of "Severance", "For All Mankind", "Silo" and much more for just $2.99 a month.
Lyrid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers with the help of a dramatic fireball display (photos) - The Lyrids 2025 did not disappoint, and we've got the photos to prove it!
DAILY DOSE: Kennedy escalates campaign against food industry practices; Global coral reefs hit record bleaching levels worldwide. - Kennedy campaigns against sugar, pushes for eliminating artificial food colors by 2026, facing industry resistance and criticism over funding cuts.
Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge - NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students
The Hubble Space Telescope turns 35 as NASA budget cuts loom. How many more birthdays will it have? - Budget cuts hitting U.S. government agencies like NASA don't seem promising for the Hubble Space Telescope, but there is still hope.
We May Value Our Dogs More than Our Human Relationships - Learn how the bonds between humans and dogs resemble the bonds between humans and humans, with some of the former being stronger than the latter.
World's first operating system for quantum computers unveiled — it can be used to manage a future quantum internet - QNodeOS is the world's first operating system designed for quantum computers and will enable connections between different types of quantum computers.
Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, cut marks on animal bones suggest - Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones.
As Mountains Rise, Biodiversity Blooms - Steeper, faster, and higher peaks make more species
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Scientists capture footage of bizarre deep-sea creature with parasite pig tails - Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic copepods feasting on the head of a deep sea rattail fish.
Physics finally explains the sound of clapping - The “Helmholtz resonator” concept is responsible for the sound produced by hand-clapping.
Chemistry: Triple bond formed between boron and carbon for the first time - Researchers at JMU synthesized a boron-carbon triple bond molecule, expanding knowledge of chemical bonding.
Porous crystal catalyst offers durable, efficient solution for clean hydrogen production - A new catalyst structure offers a potential pathway toward more cost-effective hydrogen production via water electrolysis.
Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas - Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured a colorful portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy from the Dark Sky Alqueva Observatory in Cumeada, Portugal.
Diagnostic dilemma: A man had hiccups for 5 days — and a virus may have been to blame - In an unusual case, a man's multiday bout of hiccups was triggered by a respiratory infection.
Astronomers discover dark matter 'bridge' linking colliding galaxies: 'This is the missing piece we've been looking for.' - A massive clump of dark matter in the Perseus galaxy cluster is linked to its core by a bridge of dark matter, evidence of a history of mergers.
Advanced genetic blueprint could unlock precision medicine - A comprehensive genetic representation of Middle Eastern and South Asian populations enhances precision medicine advancements.
Some protective resin coatings may damage metal artifacts - Conservators and museum technicians protect precious archaeological metal objects, such as tools and weapons, with clear coatings, leaving preserved and unobstructed views of these detailed treasures.
Study: World’s critical food crops at imminent risk from rising temperatures - Global warming threatens food production, especially in low-latitude regions, impacting diversity and security.
Feeding anemone: Symbiote fish actively feed hosts in wild - Anemonefish feed their hosts to ensure mutual benefits, enhancing their growth and reproductive success.
Changing the Eurocentric narrative about science history - In the 11th century in Cairo, the foundations for modern science were laid through the detention of an innocent man.
Schizophrenia is reflected in the brain structure - Schizophrenia symptoms vary widely, reflecting individual brain structures and necessitating tailored treatment approaches.
Mystery of medieval cemetery near airport runway deepens - Skeletons and artefacts unearthed from the site near Cardiff Airport are baffling archaeologists.
April 22, 2025
At your service: How older adults embrace demand-responsive transportation - Older adults face mobility issues; demand-responsive transport (DRT) could help, but acceptance varies.Drunk man walks into climate change, burns the bottoms of his feet off - Climate change is a danger to health in a wide variety of ways.
Molecules From Space May Have Sparked Life on Earth Billions of Years Ago - Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by comets and asteroids.
Laser Tech May Have Discovered a New Color Never Before Seen by Human Eye - Learn more about Olo, a new color that researchers at UC-Berkeley may have just discovered.
Microdosing Psychedelics as Treatment Could Increase Flexible Thinking - However, more work on just how these compounds rewire the brain will be necessary before they become viable treatments for humans.
Researchers warn continuous glucose monitors can overestimate blood sugar levels - Recent research shows Continuous Glucose Monitors may inaccurately estimate blood sugar levels in healthy individuals.
A Disintegrating Planet Is Shedding Matter and Has a Comet-Like Tail - Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.
Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope: A timeline of NASA's shuttle servicing missions - Spacewalking astronauts repaired and upgraded the famed Hubble Telescope during five missions from 1993 to 2009.
Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA satellite images and celebrate our planet (video) - Check out this fun way to embrace Earth Day and NASA's 60 years of planetary observation.
NASA Wins Six Webby Awards, Six Webby People’s Voice Awards - NASA was recognized today by the 29th Annual Webby Awards with six Webby Awards and six Webby People’s Voice Awards, the latter of which are awarded by the voting public.
ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the ISS to study microbes in space - A new microscope just arrived at the International Space Station to help study life's adaptability under extreme conditions using an innovative imaging technique.
Planetary Alignment Provides NASA Rare Opportunity to Study Uranus - When a planet’s orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it’s more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek.
Chinese Engineers Used Gravitational Slingshots to Rescue a Pair of Satellites - When China's DRO-A and B satellites were launched, their rocket failed to deliver them to their planned orbit.
Ancient 'military outpost' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother - Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.
Breakthrough in the development of a new low-cost computer - University of Gothenburg research advances low-energy spintronic Ising machines for efficient computation at room temperature.
Harvard sues to block government funding cuts - Suit claims the funding freeze violates First Amendment, Title VI procedures.
There's liquid on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. But something's missing and scientists are confused - Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane.
It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025 - NASA engineers tested the functionality of Orion's forward bay cover, which is the last component of the spacecraft that must be ejected before parachutes deploy to land.
Yousa in big doo-doo now, as Darth Jar Jar makes his way to Fortnite in the new Star Wars collaboration (video) - The next Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration will bring new content to Epic Games' hit online multiplayer game, including starfighters, Darth Jar Jar, and a new live event.
NASA rover discovers out-of-place 'Skull' on Mars, and scientists are baffled - NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life.
A long-lost ice sheet could predict the future of New York City — one in which Lower Manhattan and Coney Island are 'perpetually submerged' - Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.
Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'missing' supermassive black hole? (video) - Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive black hole in a distant spiral galaxy.
Watch boozing chimps share alcoholic fruit. Is this how social drinking started? - Videos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study finds.
First Results from the Eclipse Soundscapes Project: Webinar on May 7 - How do the sudden darkness and temperature changes of a solar eclipse impact life on Earth?
A protein from tiny tardigrades may help cancer patients tolerate radiation therapy - Researchers developed a strategy using tardigrade proteins to protect cancer patients from radiation damage.
Sunshine on Earth - The Sun’s glint beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025.
NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology' - NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently journeying toward Jupiter's orbit on its asteroid-hopping mission, captured an impressive close-up of its second target: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson.
We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview) - Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and Laura Joy Pieters of the London Science Museum give a guided tour of our home system.
Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos - Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence -- called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) -- that allows robots to learn tasks by watching a single how-to video.
The Only Birding Apps You’ll Ever Need - Having one (or all) of these apps on your mobile phone or tablet is like having an expert birding guide by your side at all times.
Birds have personality, and they express it through song - A new study of Australian birds examines how for some species their personality shines through in the songs.
'An up-tempo version of Darwinian evolution': How a mega freeze in Florida may have caused Burmese pythons to evolve at a blindingly fast speed - "The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted to spread beyond the northern boundaries of its current range."
Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower peak tonight: Here's what to expect - The Lyrid meteor shower occurs between April 16-25 every year and is set to peak on the night of April 22, when viewers could expect to see up to 18 meteors per hour under clear, dark skies.
Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System - Our solar system has eight planets, and five officially recognized dwarf planets.
Marvel's screw-ups get their chance at redemption in the final 'Thunderbolts' trailer (video) - 'We've all done bad things': Yelena, aka White Widow, bares her soul in final trailer for Marvel's 'Thunderbolts' ahead of the May 2 release.
"Unjammable" Quantum Sensors Navigate by Earth's Magnetic Field - With aircraft increasingly targeted by GPS jammers, the search for new ways to navigate is hotting up.
US Space Force now has a framework for fighting a war in space - The U.S. Space Force now has an official "Space Warfighting" doctrine outlining how the service can train and prepare units for a war fought in space.
Advanced tungsten-based ceramics achieve high hardness and ablation resistance - A research team successfully synthesized tungsten carbide (WC) and tungsten boride (WB2) ceramics with excellent mechanical properties and ablation resistance.
Animal That Once Lived With Dinosaurs Helps Keep NASA Kennedy In Balance - They’re known as “living fossils”.
Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail - Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing into space.
More Evidence that Snow and Water Formed Many of Mars's Landscapes - The evidence is building that the surface of Mars was warm and wet for its early history.
Transformable flat-to-shape objects created using sewing technology - Researchers introduced a novel method for fabricating functional flat-to-shape objects using a computer-controlled sewing machine.
Insects are disappearing due to agriculture -- and many other drivers, new research reveals - Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why?
Astronomers discover a planet that's rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail - A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star.
Adolescents who sleep longer perform better at cognitive tasks - Adolescents who sleep for longer -- and from an earlier bedtime -- than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers have shown.
Amateur astronomers capture groundbreaking photos of sun's corona during partial solar eclipse - In groundbreaking photos, eclipse chasers captured the elusive solar corona during a partially eclipsed sunrise/moonrise in Quebec.
Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner PRISM is Using AI to Enable Insights from Geospatial Data - NASA sponsored Entrepreneurs Challenge events in 2020, 2021, and 2023 to invite small business start-ups to showcase innovative ideas and technologies with
L-Tyrosine Supplements May be Trending, but Here are the Risks and Benefits - Learn more about the benefits and risks of L-tyrosine supplements, the “over-the-counter Adderall.”
Drug resistance worsens UTI crisis in Malawi - A growing resistance to antibiotics is complicating the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Malawi.
NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace - Phased Array antennas using polymer aerogel substrates are a new technology being developed to ensure safe and secure communications for air travel, including air taxis and drones.
Italian Space Agency mourns death of Pope Francis - The Italian Space Agency paid tribute to Pope Francis in the wake of his death early Monday morning (April 21).
New benchmark will reveal when quantum computers overtake the fastest supercomputers, scientists say - A new benchmark performed on chips from five different vendors has indicated how we can measure QPU performance as quantum computers become more advanced and useful.
Colloidal crystal model reveals new factors in controlling polymorph formation - Polymorphs are not mythical, chimeric beasts—they are substances with identical chemical compositions but differing crystal structures that also exhibit different physical and chemical properties.
Mars's Atmosphere Used to be Thicker. Has Curiosity Found Where it All Went? - Planetary scientists have plenty of theories about Mars and its environmental past.
Novel electrochemical technique measures degradation rate of polymer coatings on iron - Think of a metal with paint on it, like an automobile or a pipeline carrying natural gas.
Lab-grown mosquitoes could help protect Hawaii’s native birds - To curb the spread of avian malaria, a teen researcher found a way to make those mosquitoes grow faster and stronger.
Why Webb May Never Be Able to Find Evidence of Life on Another World - The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet.
Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they're weirdly pointing at us - The Andromeda galaxy's family of satellite galaxies point towards the Milky Way, and nobody knows why.
Pair of 'glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously — Earth from space - This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo.
SpaceX CRS-32 Dragon cargo capsule arrives at the ISS with 6,700 pounds of supplies (video) - A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station this morning (April 22), docking to the orbital lab after more than a day catching up in orbit.
New super metal handles extreme temperatures - A new nickel-based super-metal alloy that maintains strength and flexibility over an 800oC temperature range has been developed in Korea.
Spiral Galaxy Seen Near the Beginning of Time - On any clear, moonless night, the light from the billions of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy can be seen arching across the sky.
Consecutive El Niños happening more and result is more devastating - El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate.
SpaceX launches European reentry capsule on 'Bandwagon-3' rideshare mission (video) - SpaceX sent a pioneering private reentry capsule to space today (April 21) on a rideshare mission called Bandwagon-3.
A Planet Found in Perpendicular Orbit Around Two Stars - The planets in our Solar System orbit the Sun along a plane extending from the solar equator.
Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off - The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.
April 21, 2025
Canada's top candidates talk up fossil fuels as climate slips down agenda - Amid tariff threats from the US, energy and economic security are key issues in Canada's federal election.More Americans are using psilocybin -- especially those with mental health conditions, study shows - Use of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic chemical found in what is known as 'magic mushrooms,' has increased significantly nationwide since 2019, according to a new study.
Australian, NZ scientists in running for $1m prize - Scientists from 19 nations, including Australia and New Zealand, have been selected to compete for the annual Frontiers Planet Prize, the world’s largest science prize.
Once Thought Mythical, Colossal Squid Spotted Alive for the First Time - The rare sighting of a living juvenile colossal squid has scientists stunned and thrilled.
Friends at First Sniff: Smell Preferences Predict People’s Friendship Potential - Learn about the role of olfaction in friendship, which indicates that finding a friend is, at least in some sense, related to smell.
Youth Happiness Levels Have Declined Before, During, and After COVID-19 Pandemic - The young used to report high happiness levels that declined into middle age before increasing into and throughout retirement.
NASA’s SPHEREx Team To Ring New York Stock Exchange Bell - Members of the team behind NASA’s newest space telescope will ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell in New York City at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 22.
Psilocybin Use Increases in the U.S. for Those with Chronic and Mental Health Conditions - Learn more about the uptick in psilocybin use, particularly in younger and older adults in the U.S.
In Search of the First Animals - A fossilized ocean reef on a mountaintop may hold clues to the evolution of complex life
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Understanding Lucid Dreaming Could Provide Therapeutic Benefits - Learn how the brain operates differently in a variety of states of consciousness, which could provide a variety of therapeutic benefits.
SpaceX rocket launch creates a 'nebula' in the sky | Space picture of the day for April 21, 2025 - The plume from a rocket engine burn high in Earth's atmosphere caused a glowing spectacle similar in appearance to a nebula.
Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo) - NASA's oldest active astronaut, the 70-year-old Don Pettit, has returned home to Houston after a seven-month stint aboard the International Space Station.
Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new April 28 launch date on Atlas V rocket after delay - The first 27 satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation are now scheduled to lift off atop an Atlas V rocket on April 28 from Florida.
Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b? 'We should expect some false alarms and this may be one' - Last week, scientists announced they found the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life beyond our solar system.
The Secret Lives of Moths - The nocturnal insects with surprising pollination power
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Blue Skies Space to build satellite fleet around the moon to map the ancient universe - A fleet of cubesats will act as a radio telescope to map the cosmic Dark Ages, its builders say.
Are these chimps having a fruity booze-up in the wild? - New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history.
RIP To The Deniers For Hire Called Organic Consumers Association - The Organic Consumers Association, the embarrassing stepchild of the organic industry founded by the late Ronnie Cummins in 1998, has a positive-sounding name but has been nothing except negative for science and the public.
Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighborhood - Astronomers have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighborhood.
The eukaryotic cell emerged as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition - An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth: the origin of the eukaryotic cell.
High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function - New research links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain function.
How activity in Earth's mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa - What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution.
What if Mother Earth could sue for mistreatment? - The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries.
Study shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty improve word problem-solving skills - Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks.
Did it rain or snow on ancient Mars? New study suggests it did - Geologists weigh in on a long-running debate about Mars: Billions of years ago, was the Red Planet warm and wet or cold and dry?
Wild chimps filmed sharing 'boozy' fruit - Wild chimpanzees have been pictured eating and sharing fruit containing alcohol.
High-tech sticker can identify real human emotions - Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences like anxiety or panic attacks.
How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice - If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list.
What is Earth Day and what has it achieved? - The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment.
Scientists finally confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958 - Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water—a feat long thought impossible.
The Amazon mercury detectives - Wild fig trees may provide a biomonitoring tool for illegal gold mining in the Amazon.
Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image from Hubble Telescope - A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation.
Simple blood test could reveal likelihood of deadly skin cancer returning, study suggests - A new study finds that fragments of tumor DNA in a patient's bloodstream could show that they are at high risk of a melanoma recurrence.
NASA's Lucy Probe Snaps Its Closeup of a Weirdly Shaped Asteroid - NASA’s Lucy spacecraft made a successful flyby of the second asteroid on its must-see list over the weekend, and sent back imagery documenting the elongated object’s bizarre double-lobed shape.
Synergistic catalyst enables targeted cleavage of ethane C–H bonds in tandem with CO₂ activation - Ethylene, as one of the most important light olefins, serves as a fundamental feedstock for producing various high-value-added chemical products.
Astronaut Don Pettit Celebrates his 70th Birthday By Returning to Earth's Crushing Gravity - After spending 220 days on board the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit is back on Earth.
Nearly 3 million extra deaths by 2030 could result from HIV funding cuts, study suggests - A modeling study looked at how anticipated cuts to international HIV funding would affect the rate of new cases and HIV-related deaths in low- and middle-income countries.
How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry - Micro decisions can have macro consequences.
How did this ancient black hole get so big? - While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the history of the universe it appeared.
Exercising Your Body and Mind Could Help Stop Dementia Before it Starts - Discover more ways to keep your body and mind healthy and strong against dementia.
Old oil wells might store the secret to viability of compressed air storage - Storing compressed air in old oil wells and releasing it later to drive energy turbines looks promising as a more sustainable energy source according to the latest models from the USA.
Did the Moon's Water Come From the Solar Wind? - Where did the water we believe is on the Moon come from?
What is the Most Powerful Telescope in the World? - Just how powerful is the world’s most powerful telescope?
Research Brief: Measuring Climate-Related Shifts in Lake Ecosystems - Freshwater lakes experience climate-related shifts that can impact ecosystem services and have cascading ecological effects.
Engineering a hydrogen-bonding microenvironment to boost CO₂ electroreduction - Catalytic conversion of waste CO2 into value-added fuels and chemicals offers unprecedented opportunities for both environmental protection and economic development.
Schrödinger's cat-inspired quantum computing now 160 times more reliable thanks to new discovery - A new technique improves the reliability of cat qubits by squeezing their probabilistic states.
Dyson spheres could really exist — but there's a catch - Is it possible to build a Dyson sphere that isn't catastrophically unstable?
Butts of these fly larvae mimic a termite’s face - Young blowflies found in Morocco look — and smell — like the termites they hide amongst.
NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable - NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.
Ultralight dark matter may have helped monstrous black holes form in the early universe - The infant universe's population of huge black holes could owe itself to ultralight dark matter, scientists say.
Bacteria That Can Mimic Multi-Cellular Life - Scientists are still trying to understand the origin of multicellular life.
SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to the ISS for NASA (video) - SpaceX launched its 32nd cargo mission to the International Space Station today (April 21), sending more than 3 tons of supplies and scientific hardware to the orbiting lab for NASA.
April 20, 2025
Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island? - Scientists are investigating for the first time how dangerous the island's next big one could be.Could AI text alerts help save snow leopards from extinction? - In Pakistan, it's hoped newly-developed AI cameras could warn villagers via text to move their livestock if snow leopards enter the area.
Melting Andes glaciers: water supply of 90 million people at risk - The Andean glaciers, predominately located along the border between Chile and Argentina, are in rapid decline.
SpaceX launching Dragon cargo capsule to ISS early April 21: Watch it live - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a robotic Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station early Monday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.