4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (255+ words) Crude oil prices jumped 3% on Wednesday as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalates in the Persian Gulf, raising investors fears that energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz will fall. Brent futures were up 3% at $100.86 a barrel by 8:29 a.m. ET. It…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (375+ words) Explanation: Why are Saturn’s poles geometric? Saturn’s North Pole has been known to be surrounded by a hexagonal (6 sides) cloud since discovery in 1987 in data taken by NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts, which quickly flew past the ringed world in the early…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (513+ words) The newly identified atmospheric wave appears to be strengthening, giving scientists a rare chance to watch an unusual feature develop on Saturn. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a giant 10-sided pattern encircling Saturn's south pole, giving scientists a rare…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (277+ words) Approving an asylum claim takes “half an hour tops”, while rejections can take many hours. The UK is being invaded on a massive scale by so-called ‘small boats’, some carrying as many as 100 invaders, large numbers of them coming out…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (327+ words) Mercury, the tiniest and least-explored planet in the inner solar system, is hiding mysteries far larger than itself — and finally, scientists will soon be getting not one but two spacecraft designed to decode the strange world. That's thanks to the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (422+ words) — A self-avowed “radical feminist” is blaming so-called ‘man-made’ climate change on too few women aborting their children. In an interview with Refinery29, 1960’s feminist icon Gloria Steinem began with the debunked population explosion myth. “What causes climate deprivation is population,” she…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (82+ words) > a roughly $4 billion project I know the country spends money on stuff far crazier than that. And I know that we can’t afford to fall behind in the “telescope race” (if there is such a thing). But it must be said…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (207+ words) Explanation: Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse? No. Lunar eclipses are routinely seen from the half of the Earth facing the Moon when the eclipse occurs, making them some of…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (224+ words) Chevron Corp. (CVX) and other U.S. energy companies are reportedly moving closer to deals that could bring billions of dollars of investment into Venezuela's oil fields. While Chevron is nearing an agreement to expand its operations in the country, Halliburton Co. (HAL)…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (175+ words) The letter highlighted Oklahoma as one possible destination for families choosing to relocate. Jewish and Christian leaders in Tulsa have offered to help receive Jewish Canadian families, while Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has expressed a willingness to welcome Jewish families…...