Planet found orbiting backward between two stars

The planet may have formed from material transferred between the stars. [...]

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

A study of plastic bottles washed up on the Pacific coast of Latin America has identified a double problem—a mass of local waste combined with long-traveling bottles from Asia. [...]

Artemis II Astronauts Name Moon Crater After Commander Reid Wiseman's Late Wife

The emotional moment was streamed by NASA moments after the crew made history. [...]

Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks?

Simulations show how effects of asteroid impact could amplify the early Moon's weak magnetic field. [...]

A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400. [...]

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years

No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it. [...]

The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an “internationally wrongful act”—meaning countries could face legal consequences f [...]

Anthropic introduces "dreaming," a system that lets AI agents learn from their own mistakes

Anthropic on Tuesday unveiled a suite of updates to its Claude Managed Agents platform at its second annual Code with Claude developer conference in San Francisco, introducing a new capability called [...]

The Milky Way Has a Mysterious ‘Broken Bone’

Galactic bones, filaments of radio-wave-emitting particles, run through our galaxy, and one of them has a fracture. New analysis suggests collision with a neutron star may have caused it. [...]