While snapping photos of the surface of Mars in 2011, the HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a very unusual feature. On Pavonis Mons – a large shield ...
We thought we broadly understood how planets and stars form. But the discovery of dozens of pairs of young planets in a nearby nebula threatens to turn that on its head. They are worlds that ...
On June 4, 2024, a purported photograph of a giant octopus washed up on a beach went viral. Many posts on X claimed the image was taken in Bali, Indonesia. The image in question showed five ...
In climates cold enough to freeze, you never know what is hidden underneath the ice. For countless years, humans have been making mind-blowing discoveries by digging into the frozen tundra. Some of ...
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is one of the ocean's biggest mysteries. There are no photographs and no footage of a living colossal squid in its natural habitat. What we do know ...
Archaeologists have discovered one of the world’s largest collections of ancient art, showing giants and monsters walking the Earth. In a remote area of South America, a British-led research ...
The 2013 Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole (MEOP) database relied on seals to carry temperature and salinity sensors into remote regions of West Antarctica's Bellingshausen Sea ...
A key benefit to being a journalist is witnessing key moments that become part of our shared history, but there’s another highlight having to do with history: Sometimes we get to solve an ...
Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from their long journey south and the ...
Our natural environment has the power to move and inspire, encouraging people to travel to far-flung destinations just to catch a glimpse of Mother Nature in action. From a multicoloured canyon to a ...
The following are a few highlights—a mere whisper of all that the cities have to offer—but it’s a good place to start if ...