Isaac Schultz

10/14/21

Rest in Peace, Gladys, Huge Zoo Owl Who Tasted Freedom in Minnesota

The Minnesota Zoo said that a Eurasian eagle owl who went missing earlier this month has died.

10/13/21

Gladys, the 'Largest Owl You've Ever Seen,' Is on the Loose in Minnesota

Zookeepers are asking the public to report suspected sightings of the Eurasian eagle owl.

10/12/21

Strange Radio Signal From Galactic Center Has Astronomers Flummoxed

The signal’s unique pattern could indicate a new kind of stellar object.

10/12/21

Very Large Telescope Images 42 of the Biggest Asteroids in Our Solar System

From the massive Ceres to the dense Kalliope, these objects help us understand the soup from which our solar system…

10/11/21

Astronaut's Photo Shows a Huge Blue Flash in Earth's Atmosphere

The "transient luminous event" appeared as the International Space Station passed over Europe.

10/11/21

Archaeologists Say They've Found the Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tobacco

Four charred seeds in a 12,300-year-old hearth appear to push the start of human tobacco use back by millennia.

10/7/21

New Moon Rocks Brought to Earth Have Scientists Wondering How They Melted

The Chang’e-5 mission returned to Earth in December 2020 with fresh lunar rocks for analysis.

10/7/21

Perseverance Rover Images Reveal Ancient History of a Water-Soaked Martian Crater

NASA is getting a better idea of where to look for Martian fossils, thanks to new science from the Perseverance…

10/6/21

Archaeologists Uncover More Secrets in Ancient Greek Tomb Containing 'Nestor's Cup'

The tomb contains the remains of three people and a bevy of animals, according to new research.

10/5/21

Mysterious, Bright Flash in Space May Actually Have Been Rocket Junk

A supposed gamma-ray burst from an ancient galaxy was in fact something much closer to home, according to new…

10/4/21

A 'Lost' 125,000-Year-Old Mangrove Forest Is Thriving in Mexico

The forest is far from where it’s supposed to be, but that hasn’t stopped it from making a happy home in the Yucatán.

10/4/21

Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Figuring Out How We Can Feel Pressure and Heat

This year’s winners in the Physiology or Medicine category studied how our bodies sense temperature and touch.

10/1/21

X-Rays Reveal Censored Messages Between Marie Antoinette and Her 'Tender Friend'

The un-redacted letters show the intimacy between the French queen and a Swedish count.

9/30/21

Some Paleontologists Think They've Found Fossilized Dinosaur DNA. Others Aren’t So Sure

Structures resembling a nucleus and chromatin turned up in the fossilized cartilage of a turkey-like dinosaur.

9/30/21

Ingenuity Helicopter Had an 'Anomaly' on Mars, Just Before the Solar Conjunction

An abundance of caution and a cosmic interruption have postponed the rotorcraft’s fourteenth flight.

9/29/21

Ice Age Human Jawbone Found on Indonesian Island Known for Ancient Cave Art

Sulawesi island has yielded many clues to our distant past, and now archaeologists can add a Pleistocene Homo sapiens…

9/27/21

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Spinning Faster

The Hubble Space Telescope has recorded higher wind speeds in the famous Jovian storms in recent years.

9/24/21

These Spikes Grew Right Out of a Dinosaur's Ribs

Despite being incredibly metal, the ankylosaur's spikes were made of bone.