Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season
An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year
Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season
An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year
Giant Sunspot Cluster Could Pelt Earth with a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection
A giant sunspot cluster rivaling the one that caused the Carrington Event in 1859 could trigger a cannibal coronal mass ejection. But this is unlikely to cause major problems
2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here’s What That Means
At an American Mathematical Society meeting, high school students presented a proof of the Pythagorean theorem that used trigonometry—an approach that some once considered impossible
'Hydrogen Fever’ Erupts after Discoveries of Large Deposits of the Clean Gas
Large stores of natural hydrogen have turned up in Albania, France and Mali
Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron?
A mysterious 12-sided object called a dodecahedron discovered in England has archaeologists both excited and baffled
Should You Really Worry about Solar Flares?
The sun is unleashing powerful outbursts that could strike Earth, but these events are far more common—and much less worrisome—than some hyped headlines suggest
In a First, JWST Confirms an Atmosphere on a Rocky Exoplanet
Milestone observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal signs of an atmosphere on the inhospitably hot super-Earth 55 Cancri e