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Colorado State University predicts a below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season with 13 named storms and 6 hurricanes. El Niño is the key factor keeping activity down.
The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse crosses Iceland, Spain, and North Africa. Full path of totality, top viewing cities, and safety tips inside.
Earth Day 2026 is April 22. Here's the official theme, top global events, and 10 ranked actions with real environmental impact — from easiest to biggest.
NASA's Artemis II crew splashed down April 10, 2026, after the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years. Full mission timeline and what's next.
Earth Day 2026 is on Wednesday, April 22. Get the official theme, global event listings, school activities, and 10 meaningful ways to get involved.
A rare spring polar vortex is pushing Arctic air across the US in April 2026. Here's which states are hardest hit, why it's happening, and when it ends.
NASA's Artemis 2 launched April 1, 2026 — the first crewed Moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. Here's what happened, who flew, and what's next.
NASA Artemis 2 launches April 1, 2026 with 80% favorable weather. Live updates, crew details, mission timeline, and how to watch the historic Moon flyby.
Artemis 2 launches April 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM ET — four astronauts heading to lunar orbit for the first time since 1972. Launch time, crew, and how to watch.
Artemis II launches April 1 at 6:24 PM EDT. Watch free on NASA+, YouTube, Netflix, BBC and more — full streaming guide for every country.
NASA's Artemis 2 launches April 1, 2026 — the first humans to orbit the Moon in 54 years. Meet the crew, mission timeline, and what's at stake.
Helion's Polaris prototype just shattered private fusion records with D-T fuel at 150 million degrees. Here's why Microsoft is betting on fusion power by 2028.
NASA scrapped Gateway for Ignition — a $20 billion permanent moon base at the south pole. Three-phase roadmap, Artemis shakeup, and the $107B question.
Project CETI has identified 156 distinct codas and vowel-like sounds in sperm whale clicks using AI, and aims to attempt two-way communication in 2026.
The ISA missed its mining code deadline again in March 2026. Now The Metals Company is pursuing U.S. permits to mine the Clarion-Clipperton Zone unilaterally.
ESA's Euclid telescope is mapping dark matter across 10 billion years of cosmic history. Here's what 35 terabytes of data reveal about the invisible universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope found dimethyl sulfide on exoplanet K2-18b — a molecule linked to life on Earth. Here is what the discovery means and what comes next.
Complete guide to NASA's Artemis II Moon mission launching April 1, 2026. Meet the four-person crew, follow the timeline, and watch live.
Explore CFS SPARC Fusion's timeline to 2026 plasma and 2027 net energy. Understand key hurdles, progress, and its world-changing potential.
G3 solar storm cleared but Artemis II crew launches April 1 beyond Earth's magnetosphere. How NASA plans to protect astronauts from solar radiation on the Moon mission.
NOAA approved The Metals Company to mine the Pacific seabed, defying the International Seabed Authority and sparking a global ocean governance crisis.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory enters final commissioning as astronomers close in on Planet Nine. Here's every clue, timeline, and what discovery would mean.
Scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope found dark stars — massive objects fueled by dark matter, not fusion — that could solve three cosmic mysteries.
New research dismantles JWST's most hyped finding — the dimethyl sulfide signal on exoplanet K2-18b can be explained by 59 other molecules, not alien life.
NASA and OxEon Energy are building an industrial oxygen factory for Mars, producing 30 metric tons from thin air. Here's how MOXIE-2 changes everything.
SpaceX postpones its uncrewed Starship Mars landing to 2028, shifting resources to NASA Artemis lunar deadlines as Starship V3 completes first static fire.
The DESI 3D cosmic map of 18.7 million galaxies suggests dark energy may be weakening, challenging Einstein's cosmological constant and standard physics.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has installed the first toroidal field magnets on its SPARC reactor in Massachusetts, advancing toward first plasma by late 2026.
Using 12.6 years of data, IceCube set the tightest limit yet on neutrinos above 10 PeV and used it to constrain the proton fraction in ultra-high-energy cosmic rays for the first time.
A new catalyst turns ethanol into hydrogen and acetic acid at 270°C with no direct CO2 release. The process can meet U.S. green hydrogen rules and has been run 100+ hours continuously.
Scientists have found obelisks—viroid-like RNA elements—in bacteria across seven continents. They appear in half of oral samples and force a rethink of what counts as alive.
Aurora activity peaks in 2026. Best months are December–February; best hours 10 p.m.–4 a.m. Here are the top locations in North America and Europe.
Solar and wind generated more electricity than coal for the first time in 2025. Global renewable capacity additions reached 793 GW amid record solar deployment in China, India, and the EU.
Artemis II wet dress rehearsal revealed fueling and valve issues; first crewed lunar flyby is now no earlier than March 2026. Artemis III, the first crewed Moon landing since Apollo, slips to 2028.
A total solar eclipse crosses Europe and the Arctic on August 12, 2026—the first totality over mainland Europe since 1999. Path and viewing guide.
A rare polar vortex split is forecast for mid-February 2025. Sudden stratospheric warming could send Arctic air into North America.
