This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at our planet from space throughout its history. “It’s like watching a sunset on a beach from the most exotic seat in space,” said NASA astronaut Reed Wiseman, Artemis 2’s commander. I wrote We recently talked about witnessing the Earth slip behind the Moon. … Read more
April 22, 2026 Earth Day 2026 On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew captured this stunning image of the Earth sinking into the Moon’s surface, just before Orion saw the Earth slip into the far side of the Moon and the spacecraft lost Mission Control’s radio signal for 40 minutes. This photo is reminiscent … Read more
WASHINGTON — Spring rains brought some special April flowers to Washington, D.C., this year. It’s a two-month-old Asian elephant named Linh Mai, which means “spirit flower” in Vietnamese. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Lin Mai will make her public debut at the Smithsonian’s National … Read more
One morning in January 1969, an oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara exploded. More than 3 million gallons of oil spread across California’s coastline, darkening the coast and killing marine life. It was the largest oil spill the United States had ever experienced. The disaster has already galvanized the environmental movement around pesticides … Read more
If you clicked on that headline because you wanted to get an extra hour of sleep next Monday, you can relax. of 25 hours a day is approaching, but that date is approximately 200 million years from now. You still have time to adjust your alarm clock. The real story hidden beneath the viral headlines … Read more
Researchers have discovered that black holes that formed before the Big Bang may still exist today as surviving relics. These ancient objects carry mass and structure from early cosmic stages and will provide new ways to explain how galaxies formed and why invisible matter dominates them. Within this framework, relic black holes do … Read more
If you’ve ever heard that the Earth will “soon” switch to 25-hour days, the key word you should be wondering about is “soon.” Scientists predict that the Earth’s rotation will continue to slow down, but the change will be so gradual that it will not be visible in everyday life. Still, the idea is realistic … Read more