Webb telescope spots a new moon orbiting Uranus

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to bear fruit. Images captured by the floating watchtower revealed a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus. The discovery, made on February 2, increas [...]

NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa. [...]

The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools. [...]

AI satellites and sea drones unite to guard Europe’s waters

Ubotica, an Irish startup specialising in edge AI for satellites, has partnered with two Dutch firms to develop an intelligence platform aimed at bolstering maritime security across European waters.  [...]

Saturn’s ocean moon looks more hospitable to subsurface life than we thought

Mars isn't our only neighbor that may harbor life. The odds have risen that Saturn's moon Enceladus may, too. On Wednesday, scientists published a paper outlining the increasing complexity o [...]

NASA robot for drilling on icy moons tested on Alaskan glacier

We don't currently have a mission to put it on, but NASA is making sure it's ready. [...]

Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation

Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they dubbed the Infinity Galaxy. It appears to support a leading theory on how som [...]

Boil Water Notice: What It Means and What You Need to Do

Residents in the Los Angeles area and elsewhere are living under boil water advisories. What exactly does that mean? [...]

'We have this power from the wind. We have free cooling': This startup wants to build underwater data centers inside wind turbines at sea - using the icy North Sea waters to keep everything cool

A startup plans offshore wind turbines containing AI servers cooled by North Sea water while batteries and grid links address fluctuating wind energy supply. [...]