For the first time, the origin of a single radio pulse has been pinpointed to a distant galaxy several billion light years away, a new study said.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Big birds: Giant, 1,000-pound birds once roamed around Europe
At 1,000 pounds and over 10 feet tall, this bird was onethe largest that ever lived in Earth’s history, according to new research.
Hey! Boaty McBoatFace made a real climate discovery! Unmanned sub sends valuable data
It’s got a goofy name, but it’s doing some serious work. The unmanned submarine Boaty McBoatFace has made a real discovery about the Earth’schanging climate.
Amazing photo shows dogs ‘sledding on water’ amid Greenland ice melt
This stunning photo– taken by scientists on the melting Greenland ice sheet last week – shows how unusually warm it’s been in the Arctic.
Two of the world’s 4 all-time hottest temperatures have occurred in the past 3 years
129 degrees. 128.7 degrees. Those unfathomably hot temperatures have officially been confirmed as the Earth’s 3rd and 4th hottest temperatures ever.
Are you walking on sunshine? The summer solstice is Friday
The summer solstice – the precise moment when the sun is at its highest point in the sky each year – will occur Friday at 11:54 a.m. EDT.
Look up! The Strawberry Moon will shine bright tonight
Be sure to look up from your phones for a few minutes tonight to see the Strawberry moon, which will be visible all nightfrom sundown to sunrise.
Saturn’s moons may have ‘sculpted’ its famous rings, new study suggests
They’re the solar system’s most iconic feature, but how and when Saturn’s rings formed have remained a mystery for centuries.
Oh, yuck! You’re eating about a credit card’s worth of plastic every week
You’re eating, swallowing or breathing in about 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week, a new study suggests, the equivalent of one credit card.
120 degrees in the shade?! Record-breaking, ‘dangerous’ heat wave bakes western U.S.
Folks in the western U.S. are sweltering under an unusually intense June heat wave, with temperatures soaring to record highs all the way from Oregon to Arizona.