Watch Live: NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Begins Jupiter Orbit
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which left Earth in 2011, will arrive at Jupiter just in the to celebrate the Fourth of July. The craft has nine …
Researchers Turn CO2 Into Stone in Climate Change Breakthrough
Researchers in Iceland found a new way of tackling climate change by pumping carbon dioxide underground and turning it into stone. Other carbon capture and …
Listen to the New Episode of TIME’s Space Podcast ‘It’s Your Universe’
You’d have no reason at all to want to visit Mercury. It’s a bleak, dry, blowtorched world, the roasted hazel nut of the solar system. …
See How Your City May Be Affected by Rising Sea Levels
Study after study has shown that sea-level rise due to climate change will leave cities on U.S. coasts vulnerable to severe and more frequent flooding. …
Largest U.S. Water Reservoir Shrinks to Record Low Amid Major Drought
The water in the largest reservoir in the U.S. has shrunk to the lowest level on record, following years of drought in California and surrounding …
Extinct Mammoth’s Remains Discovered in Oregon
A construction crew discovered the bones of a number of animals, including the femur of an extinct mammoth, while digging near Reser Stadium at Oregon …
Inside the Heart of the Orion Nebula
If you’ve ever seen a faint glowing patch in the “sword” of the constellation of Orion, that’s the Orion Nebula. It’s visible to the naked …
Oceans Are Rising at Fastest Rate in 3,000 Years, Study Says
Worldwide sea levels are rising at their fastest rate in almost 3,000 years, according to a new study, and are forecast to rise by up …
Here’s What Explains the ‘Morse Code’ on Mars
At last the evidence is in and no one can deny it any longer: There is intelligent life on Mars, it’s sending us a message …
Even on eBay, Men Make More Money Than Women
The wage gap between men and women has been shown to be real time and again: men tend to make significantly more than their female …