by News Feed Editor | Feb 23, 2026 | Science
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A bright ribbon of auroras shining over the Denmark Straight and Iceland. | Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using VIIRS day-night band data...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 23, 2026 | Science
NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye.It’s what’s known as a planetary parade, which happens when multiple planets appear to line up in the sky at once. The planets...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 23, 2026 | Science
The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are not just becoming more common; new research shows that these factors are increasingly arising in multiple regions at the same time, creating...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 22, 2026 | Science
On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 22, 2026 | Science
TUCSON, Ariz. — A Q-tip, a tissue and a pizza crust.To investigators, this seemingly innocuous trash was DNA-laden treasure, helping crack the cases of the University of Idaho murders, the Golden State Killer and the Gilgo Beach slayings, according to authorities,...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 22, 2026 | Science
Grounded until at least April, NASA’s giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar this week for more repairs before astronauts climb aboard.The space agency said Sunday it’s targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile trek across Kennedy Space Center,...