The SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) has been successfully installed at the Paranal Observatory and has obtained…
Paving the way for more efficient hydrogen cars
Hydrogen-powered vehicles emit only water vapor from their tailpipes, offering a cleaner alternative to fossil-fuel-based transportation.…
NASA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Name Earth and Space Air Prize Winner
NASA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Name Earth and Space Air Prize Winner Click here for original…
Fossil preserves ‘sea monster’ blubber and skin
Scientists identify fossilised blubber from an ancient marine reptile that lived 180 million years ago.
Cars and coal help drive ‘strong’ CO2 rise in 2018
CO2 emissions hit an all time high, rising nearly 3% in 2018 thanks to coal and…
Mantle neon illuminates Earth’s formation
The Earth formed relatively quickly from the cloud of dust and gas around the Sun, trapping…
Soft tissue shows Jurassic ichthyosaur was warm-blooded, had blubber and camouflage
An ancient, dolphin-like marine reptile resembles its distant relative in more than appearance, according to an…
Sea invertebrate sheds light on evolution of human blood, immune systems
Botryllus schlosseri, a marine invertebrate that lives in underwater colonies resembling fuzzy pinheads clinging to rocks,…
Greenland ice sheet melt ‘off the charts’ compared with past four centuries
Surface melting across Greenland's mile-thick ice sheet began increasing in the mid-19th century and then ramped…
Global carbon dioxide emissions rise even as coal wanes and renewables boom
Global fossil fuel emissions are on track to rise for a second year in a row,…