Distant Exoplanet Triggers Stellar Flares and Triggers Its Own Destruction
HIP 67522 b can’t stop blasting itself in the face with stellar flares, a type of magnetic interaction that scientists...
Scientists Used Lasers To Finally Explain How Tiny Dunes Form — And This Might Hold Clues to Other Worlds
Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.
Pungent Penguin Poop Produces Polar Cloud Particles
The discovery highlights how penguins and other polar seabirds help shape their environments, even as they are under threat from...
Mexico Will Give U.S. More Water to Avert More Tariffs
Droughts due to climate change are making Mexico increasingly water indebted to the USA.
One Question About Climate, and Barely an Answer at Biden-Trump Debate
In this election cycle, stakes are high for the environment and the scientific community. You wouldn’t know that from the...
How massive stars commit Grand Theft Planet
New simulations show that planets around young, massive stars may have been captured or stolen rather than homegrown.
Giant geode large enough to fit people inside grew slow and steady
Temperature fluctuations, maybe from climate or maybe from geothermal systems, amplified a natural process that grew the crystals.