Another Private Moon Lander Just Touched Down—And Promptly Fell Over (Probably)
Intuitive Machines has done it again—sent a robotic explorer all the way to the moon, only for it to possibly face-plant the moment it arrived. Athena, the company’s latest lunar lander, touched down Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET, making it the second private spacecraft...
Earth’s Oldest Crater Found—And It Might Have Helped Life Begin
A rock hurtled through space, slammed into Earth at 36,000 km/h, and left a mark that’s been hiding in plain sight for 3.5 billion years. Now, a team of researchers from Curtin University has finally found it, rewriting what everyone thought they knew about ancient...
The Silent Apocalypse: Are Butterflies Vanishing from America?
Butterflies are vanishing. Not just a few, not just in one place—across the entire United States. Scientists have been tracking them, and the numbers don’t lie: a staggering 22% drop in total butterfly abundance from 2000 to 2020. That’s not just a dip. That’s one in...
Three Days of Junk Food Can Wreck an Aging Brain—No Obesity Required
A diet loaded with saturated fat doesn’t need months to mess with an older brain. Three days. That’s all it takes. A new study on rats shows that memory impairment and brain inflammation kick in almost immediately, long before any noticeable weight gain or metabolic...