exploring the majesty and mystery of the universe
Sep 21, 2026
Across Namibia and parts of Australia, thousands of nearly perfect bare circles repeat across the landscape. Scientists still argue over what makes them.
Sep 18, 2026
Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years, making them the longest-lived mammals known to science.
Sep 17, 2026
Lithops look like rocks scattered in the desert...until they bloom
Sep 16, 2026
Asteroids, volcanoes, collapsing oceans, climate upheaval—Earth has endured several biological resets on a scale difficult to comprehend.
Sep 15, 2026
It’s called a bearcat, but it’s neither bear nor cat. It climbs with a prehensile tail and leaves the forest smelling faintly like movie night.
Sep 14, 2026
Inside a single cell, they build chains of magnetic minerals so precise that the whole bacterium aligns with Earth’s magnetic field.
Sep 13, 2026
Much of the information arriving on your screen traveled part of the journey as flashes of infrared light racing through impossibly thin glass.
Sep 12, 2026
Under just the right conditions, northern Australia produces one of the strangest recurring cloud formations on Earth.
