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Sargassum, a type of brown floating algae, has shifted its range in recent decades, thinning out in the North Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea while proliferating in the tropical Atlantic. That trend, underway since 2011, continued in 2026 as the algae,...

Exposure to trace metals and “forever chemicals” may be prematurely aging dolphins, raising concerns about both marine pollution and human health impacts. Metals such as zinc and copper can wind up in the ocean from industrial waste and mining. So can per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

The Lovell Telescope has been overtaken in size by larger radio telescopes, but has continuously been modernised and remains key to the UK's radio astronomy capability. It supports thousands of scientists who use its research, and 28 jobs could...

Seals, sea lions and walruses — collectively known as pinnipeds — are the only mammals with excellent hearing both above and below the water. The evolution of this unique ability occurred nearly 26.7 million years ago — about 100 million...

Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made its safe, parachute-assisted landing at 5:27 a.m. CDT (3:27 p.m.,...

From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station. The...

NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon Base, including orbital assets and demonstrations. Under a contract awarded to Advanced Space, the agency’s CAPSTONE 02 mission will...

In each installment of the Back to the Future movie franchise, a time machine drives the same general script: The main character must rewrite a moment in time to fix his family and friends’ lives.While there’s no real way...

Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, CanadaEarth planning date: Friday, July 17, 2026As an APXS uplink lead and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days that I...

Bits of rock from the farside of the moon are adding weight to a scientific rethink about the solar system’s adolescence.The moon’s craters and basins attest to its history of being battered by incoming space rocks. Planetary scientists long...