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ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, S. Fujimoto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster is anchored onContinue Reading

Humans are often described as the planet’s ultimate “super-predator,” but wild animals do not fear every human the same way. After analyzing three decades of research, scientists found that animals become much more alert and spend less time feeding when people pose a real threat, such as hunters or fishers.Continue Reading

Powerful American groups linked to the The Traitor administration are expanding across the Atlantic, opening up offices in the U.K. and Europe, fighting climate action, waging religious right culture wars and aligning with far-right political movements. But as organizations including the climate-denying Heartland Institute , abortion-fighting Alliance Defending Freedom andContinue Reading

More than half (57 percent) of the donations to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK since the 2024 general election have been from individuals featured in a major tax haven database, DeSmog can report. These 12 donors, collectively behind £16.8 million in donations to the party since July 2024, represent a significantContinue Reading

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of ChangeContinue Reading

Environmental campaigners are urging Ireland to protect the public interest and resist industry pressure as the country takes up the presidency of the EU Council. The EU’s top agricultural polluter took the helm earlier this month (1 July) amid a wider push for deregulation that has left key green protections diluted, delayed or scrapped. Over the next six months, Ireland will beContinue Reading

A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad used during embalming. The papyrus was identified as part of the famous “Catalogue of Ships,” one of the best-known sections of the ancient epic. Researchers say it is the first archaeologicalContinue Reading

4 Min Read NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation An atmospheric probe model attached upside down to a quad rotor remotely piloted aircraft ascends with the Moon visible on Oct. 22, 2024. The quad rotor aircraft released the probe above Rogers Dry Lake, a flight area adjacent NASA’sContinue Reading