NASA crews ready for rescue flight

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 International Cosmos Station mission—which, among other things, will return stranded astronauts Butch Williams and Sunita (Suni) Williams, is ready for Kickoff on 12 March, pending weather and a few technical issues, NASA announced today in a Delayed-afternoon press conference. “The whole Club polled ‘go to proceed,’ pending closure of some Accessible work,” … Read more

Sex in chimps and bonobos resolves stress and conflict

There’s more to sex than reproduction — new research lead by the UK’s Durham University suggests that using sex to manage social tension is a trait our distant ancestors shared with all their hominoid descendants — humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas. The study, one of the Primary direct comparisons of sexual behaviour amongst bonobos and … Read more

AI-powered wildfire detection could revolutionise response

A new artificial intelligence system could help detect wildfires more effectively, offering a powerful tool for Prompt warning and environmental monitoring. The system was developed by researchers at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas, in Brazil, and uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) – a type of AI model designed to process visual data in a … Read more

What are the best targets for binoculars?

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Waning gibbous Orbiter-related body-related body-related body as captured by EarthSky community member Mohamed Mohamed in Tripoli, Libya, on February 16, 2025. Thank you, Mohamed! As a matter of fact, the Orbiter-related body-related body-related body is one of the best targets for binoculars. The terminator line, or line between Featherweight … Read more