On Episode 141 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq are joined by producer Anthony and Ant Pruitt to celebrate the end of the year ..read more

Keep an eye on the sky during the early morning hours on Sunday to catch a glimpse of the Ursids, the final meteor shower expected to peak this year ..read more

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve ..read more

This week, explore a violent episode in British prehistory, discover dark comets, ponder the prospect of mirror life, marvel at an owl’s moon connection, and more ..read more

Artificial intelligence came of age in 2024, helping to decode the mysteries of ancient scrolls, whale vocalizations, the building blocks of life, and more ..read more

Long-horned cattle wade through flooded lands and climb a slope along a canal that has become a refuge for displaced families in South Sudan. “Too much suffering,” said Bichiok Hoth Chuiny, a woman in her 70s. Such flooding is becoming a yearly disaster in South Sudan, which the World Bank has described as “the world’s most vulnerable country to climate change and also the one most lacking in coping capacity ..read more

The bird flu outbreak has taken concerning turns, with more than 60 human cases confirmed. Experts outlined four signs that the virus is going in the wrong direction ..read more

Nearly 10% of the planet’s human inhabitants live within 3.1 miles of the coast − where the risk of climate disasters is often highest ..read more

A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope ..read more

It’s a good idea to make sure your spacecraft can take the heat that comes with reentering Earth’s atmosphere before you put people in it ..read more