Astronomers had long assumed that Saturn's distinctive rings formed around the same time as the planet some 4.5 billion years ago in the earliest days of our Solar System. That assumption received a s...
[photo1]Katrina MillerWhen meteorologist John Haynes moved to Washington, DC, 20 years ago, he could stand on the rooftop of NASA headquarters and see airborne traces of the nearby interstate highway-...
[photo1]Katrina MillerOur universe started with a bang that blasted everything into existence. But what happened next is a mystery. Scientists think that before atoms formed--or even the protons and n...
In 2016, scientists using muon imaging picked up signals indicating a hidden corridor behind the famous chevron blocks on the north face of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The following year, the ...
Tyre wear is a major contributor to polluting microplastics -- small particles which don't biodegrade and tend to accumulate in the environment, leaking harmful toxins into the air and our waterways. ...
Lightning rods protect buildings by providing a low-resistance path for charges to flow between the clouds and the ground. But they only work if lightning finds that path first. The actual...