A Third Interstellar Object Spotted Passing Through Earth’s Solar System
Astronomers have spotted a third interstellar object passing through our solar system, the fast-moving 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar visitor caught passing us by since ʻOumuamua was first spotted in 2017. 3I/ATLAS was first spotted on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope located in Río Hurtado, Chile, when it was still four-and-a-half […]
Science Under Attack Part 1: The White House Makes a Massive Funding Cut Request for NASA, NOAA
In its continued assault on science, the Trump Administration has issued a request for extensive budget cuts to be made to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, calling for Congress to eviscerate the science programs of NASA by half, and NOAA’s by three-quarters. These extreme measures could cripple […]
The Long-Extinct Dire Wolf Has Been Resurrected by Woolly Mammoth Biotech — Or Has It?
The biotech company that aims to perform a Jurassic Park-like resurrection of the woolly mammoth has announced that they have re-created the previously-extinct dire wolf, in what the company is calling the world’s first “de-extinction” of a species that disappeared nearly 10,000 years ago. Although the animals are being presented as dire wolves, the claim […]
Rapidly Melting Permafrost Has Tipped the Arctic Into Being a Net Greenhouse Gas Emitter
Global warming’s disproportionate effect on the planet’s polar regions has turned the Arctic into a net carbon emitter, with one-third of the region’s forests, tundra and wetlands now emitting more greenhouse gases than they absorb as the previously-frozen permafrost thaws. “It is the first time that we’re seeing this shift at such a large scale, […]