The Baihetan Dam is the largest hydroelectric power station in China. (Image credit: VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Recent research shows that the construction of thousands of dams since 1835 has caused changes in the wobble of the Earth's poles. Scientists…
Astronomers identified the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on July 1. This is one of the first images of the object. (Image credit: ATLAS/University of Hawaii/NASA) Our solar system has an unexpected visitor that is currently moving towards us at high speed,…
NASA is set to begin live-streaming its programming on Netflix, including rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks and Earth views from the International Space Station, to the “widest possible audience” starting this summer, the space agency announced Monday. With Netflix, NASA+ will…
An artist's impression of our Milky Way. (Image credit: ESO Calçada) Astronomers have reported new evidence that our planet and the Milky Way galaxy are located inside a vast void that is distorting our observations of space. A bold proposal…
A new study has shown that specialized cells in the gut help to digest the skeletons that pythons eat. (Image credit: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo) Researchers have discovered that specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus)…
Blue Origin sent six more tourists into space and back from Texas on Sunday as part of its 13th passenger flight. The New Shepard rocket lifted off Sunday at 10:39 a.m. ET with Ellie and Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddy…