Trees struggle to remain upright in a lake formed by abrupt permafrost thaw. Arctic permafrost can thaw so quickly that it triggers landslides, drowns forests and opens gaping sinkholes. This rapid melt, described in a new study, can dramatically reshape…
Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, uses thermal imaging to screen passengers for coronavirus on on Jan. 27, 2019. It’s not clear whether such screening methods will be able to stop the spread of coronavirus in the United States,…
n The Super Snow Moon will appear in the early hours of February 9, with the official peak happening at 07:33 GMT, according to NASA n If you’re a fan of stargazing, make sure you book this Sunday morning off…
A newborn baby at the Wuhan Children’s Hospital in China has tested positive for coronavirus just thirty hours after they were born, prompting concerns about how the deadly infection can spread A newborn baby appears to have been born with…
A binary pair of red dwarf stars might be warping space-time and distorting our view of another star much, much farther away. In summer 2016, astronomers watched a star 2,500 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation flash to life as…
A satellite view of an ice ring on Lake Baikal. Is it the one true ring to rule them all? The humongous, mysterious “ice rings” that pockmark the world’s deepest lake during Siberia’s winter and spring months may look like…