Giant ‘diamond ring’ sparkles 4,500 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation — Space photo of the week
NASA’s SOFIA observatory captured a rare image of a glowing gas ring in Cygnus X — a vast star-forming region 4,500 light-years away.
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The First ‘Murder Hornet’ Of 2021 Has Been Discovered In Washington State
Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research last
Science news this week: The CDC in turmoil, NASA releases anticipated 3I/ATLAS images, and how to thwart an insect apocalypse
Nov. 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
World’s first global carbon tax was about to be introduced. Trump dealt a ‘devastating blow’ to the deal.
After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels
Dozens of countries had called for a clear “roadmap” to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate
A historic year for U.S. science
Nancy Shute, Editor in Chief, discusses big advances across science in 2025 as well as the assault on science by the Trump administration.
Moss spores survived in space for 9 months
The moss species Physcomitrium patens is the latest organism to survive an extended stay in the vacuum and radiation of space.
Arctic ‘methane bomb’ may not explode as permafrost thaws, new study suggests
Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows.
Canon 8×20 IS binocular review
These compact binoculars are a must-have for any wildlife enthusiast, being Canon’s lightest binos with image stabilization.
Dream of quantum internet inches closer after breakthrough helps beam information over fiber-optic networks
Built from a single erbium atom, a hybrid quantum bit encodes data magnetically and beams it through fiber-optic wavelengths.
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy, NGC 2775, that’s hard to categorize.
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general
Sylvia Earle: My Wish? To Protect Our Oceans
; Credit: Asa Mathat/TED / Asa Mathat Manoush Zomorodi, Christina Cala, and SANAZ MESHKINPOUR | NPR Part 4 of TED Radio Hour episode An SOS
Here’s how Rudolph’s light-up nose might be possible
Simple chemistry could give the reindeer his famously bright snout. But physics would make it look different colors from the ground.