Earth School can be your kid's at-home science teacher

Earth School together with experts from National Geographic, WWF, and the BBC created a brand new online science curriculum of sorts that comprises 30 short animated videos about various topics.

Second Proxima Centauri planet confirmed

The red dwarf Proxima Centauri, just 4.2 lights years away. Recently, U.S. astronomers using data collected from the Hubble Space Telescope 25 years ago, have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet Proxima Centauri c.

Finally! Mars InSight's Mole is Now Underground

After months of perseverance, the team operating the instrument has succeeded in getting the Mole at least some distance into the ground. The Mole's job is to penetrate into the Martian soil, to a depth of 5m.

China will begin constructing its space station in 2021

The Chinese space agency is building a brand new space station, and they're going about it in a suitably impressive way: an ambitious schedule of 11 planned launches crammed into only two years.

Comet's Tail Measures In At Over One Billion Kilometers

At least 7.5 times as long as the distance between the Earth and the Sun (over a billion km), Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang’s ion tail is nearly double the length of the previous record-holder, Comet Hyakutake.

Arctic Circle oil spill

An emergency was declared after 20,000 tonnes of diesel leaked into a river when a tank at a power plant near the city of Norilsk, Russia, collapsed at the end of May. The spill contaminated a 350 sq km area.

Yellowstone hit by almost 300 earthquakes in past month

Although, scientists say there's little evidence that Yellowstone supervolcano is set to blow. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory have maintained the danger level as green or normal.

This electric aircraft could jump-start the future of flight

A U.S. company sends the largest zero-emissions airplane yet on its first flight. These electric commercial aircraft will enable the offering of flying services of people and packages in a way previously not possible.

MIT moves towards sustainable artificial intelligence

Current artificial intelligence (AI) technology is powerful, but often relies on high energy consumption. U.S. researchers have devised a solution that reduces the AI model training’s carbon footprint.

Generation Z and the rise of a new fashion

Generation Z understand the importance of sustainability, durability, and ethics, and want these reflected in the clothes they buy. Fashion for them is not about specific brand names and more about reflecting a personal identity.

The odds of life and intelligence emerging on other planets

According to a recent study, if planets with similar conditions and evolutionary time lines to Earth are common, then life should have little problem spontaneously emerging on other planets and the odds are 3:2

Astronomers discover new class of cosmic explosions

Astronomers have found two objects that, added to a strange object discovered in 2018, constitute a new class of cosmic explosions. They share some characteristics with supernova explosions and gamma-ray bursts.

The Mysterious Anomaly Is Weakening Earth's Magnetic Field

The South Atlantic Anomaly is a vast expanse of reduced magnetic intensity in Earth's magnetic field, extending all the way from South America to southwest Africa.

There's an Earth-Sized World Nearby

The closest star to the Sun is a small red dwarf star known as Proxima Centauri. It is only 4.2 light-years away and is now known to have an Earth-sized planet in its habitable zone.

How to Make the Food and Water on Mars

Projects BIOWYSE and TIME SCALE are being developed in Norway. These two systems are all about providing astronauts with a sustainable and renewable supply of drinking water and plant food.