Jan 16 Hang 10, Venus! Huge wave spotted in planet’s cloudy atmosphere By Andrew Wagner A Japanese space probe records a 6,000-mile-long wave in the atmosphere of Venus. Continue reading
Jan 12 Coral bleaching is killing reefs. Is the answer a great migration? By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs Coral bleaching threatens a third of the planet's reef ecosystems, but can these creatures adapt? Take a voyage deep into the Atlantic Ocean, as the Nekton Mission searches for an answer. Continue reading
Jan 05 New NASA missions to study ‘fossils’ of the solar system By Michael Rios Jupiter's Trojan asteroids are thought to be remnants of the material that formed the solar system's more distant planets. NASA plans to visit them in one of two upcoming missions. Continue reading
Dec 27 Vera Rubin, who spotted the first evidence of dark matter, dies at 88 By Nsikan Akpan Vera Rubin, a pioneer astrophysicist who discovered the first evidence for dark matter, passed away Sunday night at the age of 88. Continue reading
Dec 16 Seahorses are weird, and their genome knows why By Leigh Anne Tiffany To unlock the secrets of the seahorse, scientists have sequenced its genome for the first time. Continue reading
Dec 15 The gross ingredient that glowworms use to make sticky snares By Julia Griffin Glowworm use bioluminescent blue “butts” and a surprise ingredient in sticky threads to catch other insects for food. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 7:54 This sacred mountain is the focal point of a fight over a giant telescope By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 13 20-sided crystal, once thought impossible, found in meteorite By Kristin Hugo Researchers have found an entirely new, extreme type of quasicrystal with an icosahedral -- 20-sided -- symmetry. Continue reading
Dec 12 Here’s the first weather report for an exoplanet By Nsikan Akpan You may want to pack goggles and sunscreen before you visit HAT-P-7b, based on the first convincing report of weather on an exoplanet. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 5:53 Science’s most valuable prize puts spotlight on discovery By PBS News Hour The Breakthrough Prizes honor scientific achievements with the largest cash prizes in the field. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with science correspondent Miles O’Brien for more on this year’s winners. Continue watching