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VIDEO: New video of the sun supports theory of what happens on its surface 06 Aug 2026 - 12:41 pm
The highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Photo credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS
What to know about the total solar eclipse on August 12 05 Aug 2026 - 06:20 pm
People watch a partial solar eclipse at New Brighton, a coastal suburb of Christchurch, on September 22, 2025. Photo by Sanka Vidanagama / AFP
Butterflies seek new habitats as climate changes: study 05 Aug 2026 - 05:54 pm
(FILES) This photograph shows a Wall Brown butterfly, a flying insect, drinking nectar from a flower with its proboscis at the Parc Floral in eastern Paris on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
SpaceX rocket stage believed to have slammed into Moon 05 Aug 2026 - 01:37 pm
The SpaceX logo is displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on June 8, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
VIDEO: Humpback whale birth captured in rare drone footage in Australia 03 Aug 2026 - 01:37 pm
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Meet the astronomer digging into the Milky Way's 'fossils' 30 Jul 2026 - 11:49 am
Picture of Amina Helmi shared by the Embassy of the Argentine Republic to the Kingdom of Norway
Japan coral protectors race to save reefs from heat 'bomb' 29 Jul 2026 - 12:07 pm
This underwater picture taken on July 9, 2026 shows coral in a shallow area of the sea near Onna village, Okinawa Prefecture. Photo by Philip Fong / AFP
Killer whales: Orcas blow fish to bits 'for fun', study finds 24 Jul 2026 - 11:48 am
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World's largest particle smasher halts for upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter 27 Jun 2026 - 03:31 pm
(Files) The 1232 dipole magnets that bend the path of accelerated protons are pictured in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in a tunnel of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), during maintenance works on February 6, 2020 in Echenevex, France, near Geneva. (Photo by Vlentin Flauraud / AFP)
Euclid telescope snaps best photo yet of Milky Way's heart 24 Jun 2026 - 02:42 pm
Handout images released on June 23, 2026 by the European Space Agency and taken on March 23, 2025 for a period of 26 hours by the Euclid's optical camera VIS to which the colours were added using observations captured in the summer of 2025 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope's MegaCam camera (CFHT-Megacam) in Hawaii shows our Milky Way galaxy's centre. Photos by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP
Scientists document first-ever Arabian sea humpback whale crossing from Oman to India 21 Jun 2026 - 12:36 pm
File pictured shared by Environment Society of Oman used for representation
The Sun may not engulf Earth after all, scientists say 19 Jun 2026 - 04:50 pm
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Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging 17 Jun 2026 - 12:15 pm
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Four times as many icebergs calved from Greenland glaciers: study 13 Jun 2026 - 11:19 am
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Weather pattern El Nino has begun, says US agency NOAA 11 Jun 2026 - 05:05 pm
Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) are seen at the Punta San Juan National Reserve in the Marcona district, Ica department, southern Peru on September 29, 2025. Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Leak on space station triggers brief safety alert 05 Jun 2026 - 10:00 pm
This handout image released by NASA on September 19, 2024 shows the International Space Station's US segment and portions of the Russian segment are pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module痴 space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP
Scientists release largest map yet of cosmic magnetic fields 04 Jun 2026 - 11:17 am
This new map, called SPICE-RACS, works on the principle that light twists as it travels through magnetic fields. It was produced with CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Yamaji Country. Credit: CSIRO/Alec Thomson et al./Alex Cherney/Sam Moorfield/ CSIRO
Whale of a time: Humpbacks set new distance record 20 May 2026 - 02:29 pm
A whale dives at the Beagle channel near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina at dawn on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Juan Mabromata / AFP)