For the first time, scientists have measured metal pollutants leaching from a piece of space junk in the atmosphere. They caught a burst of lithium as a SpaceX rocket burned…

Animals may have had a rich variety of complex body types far earlier than scientists had recently thought. A crucial moment in the history of life on Earth was the…

Snow line (noun, “SNOH line”) The term “snow line” is used in both earth science and astronomy. It has similar, but slightly different, meanings in each field. On Earth, a…

The weather forecast can get extreme in the land of Hyrule, found in the Nintendo series The Legend of Zelda. A downpour in the coastal province of Faron, for instance,…

For thousands of years, farmers have prepared their fields for planting by overturning the soil. It helps them the manage the moisture, nutrients and flow of air underfoot. But modern…

A parrot missing half his beak has become top bird at New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Named Bruce, he wins every fight with other kea parrots. He also gets priority…

A warming climate has been helping drive a global rise in sea levels. A new analysis now finds that hundreds of major studies missed just how much sea levels have…

A small member of our solar system out beyond Pluto may be shrouded in a thin layer of gas. If so, it would be the first object of its size…