Coming Soon To An Atlas Near You: A Fifth Ocean
How many oceans are there? It’s National Geographic official now: There are five.; Credit: Alexander Gerst/ESA via Getty Images Karen Zamora, Justine Kenin, and Emma
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Parts of Arizona are being sucked dry, with areas of land sinking 6 inches per year, satellite data reveals
Groundwater extraction has caused parts of the Willcox Basin to subside by up to 12 feet since the 1950s. New research reveals that some areas
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket: New launch window for historic Mars mission after solar storm delay
Twin Mars spacecraft were due to launch on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on Nov. 12, but an active sun prompted NASA to delay its
James Webb telescope may have found the first stars in the universe, new study claims
The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe’s first generation of stars. They may tell us more about how galaxies
This week in science: A Saturn moon’s ocean, chameleon eyes and energy used for AI
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR’s Short Wave discuss new findings about the ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, the secrets behind chameleons’ eye movements
New image of ‘other comet ATLAS’ reveals it’s breaking apart ahead of close approach to Earth
New images show that comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has fragmented after passing its closest point to the sun, ahead of its close approach to Earth
This budget-friendly Fenix 8 alternative hits the lowest-ever price ahead of Black Friday
Save 22% on the Garmin Instinct 3 Solar at Amazon.
New ‘Dragon Hatchling’ AI architecture modeled after the human brain could be a key step toward AGI, researchers claim
Scientists say a new kind of AI could bridge the gap between current systems and machines that learn and think more like us.
Deep-sea mining might feed plankton a diet of junk food
An analysis of mining plumes in the Pacific Ocean reveals they kick up particles sized similarly to the more nutritious tidbits that plankton eat.
Why do we feel starved for time? New research offers answers
Interruptions, to-do lists, lack of autonomy — “time poverty” depends more on perceived shortages of time than actual ones, recent research suggests.
2 million black ‘streaks’ on Mars finally have an explanation, solving 50-year mystery
A new analysis of data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals that the majority of the Red Planet’s dark “slope streaks” did not form as
Study reveals why the brain ‘zones out’ when you’re exhausted
Your sleep-deprived brain behaves as if you were about to nod off to sleep, even when you’re awake.
Earth’s magnetic field has a weak spot — and it’s getting bigger, putting astronauts and satellites at risk
This could be bad news for satellites and spacefarers.
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nebula LMC N44C.