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Animals Scientists have discovered that chimpanzees in West Africa keep returning to the same trees to throw rocks at them — a mysterious behavior that may be a form of culture.
Technology A Chinese humanoid robot ran the 100-meter sprint in just 8.64 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — faster than any human has ever run.
Space NASA's Roman Space Telescope passes its final launch readiness review today. Liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy is set for Sunday, August 30, at 7:26 a.m. EDT.
Space Europe's MTG-I2 weather satellite launches tonight on an Ariane 6 rocket! It will photograph storms in Europe every 2.5 minutes from 36,000 km up.
Technology Meta agreed to pay $18 billion and add new rules for teens on Instagram and Facebook — including a 2-hour daily limit and a midnight lockout.
World News A massive glacier collapsed in the Himalayas, triggering deadly floods in Nepal and Tibet. Thousands of rescuers are racing to help survivors.
Space Tonight's 96% partial lunar eclipse is happening right now! The Moon will turn deep red as Earth's shadow swallows nearly all of it. Here's how to watch.
Science Scientists mapped the DNA of 4,454 animal species and found that all animals — from humans to octopuses — follow the same hidden 'evolutionary highways.'
Environment A massive ice island the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland's Petermann Glacier. Scientists are now tracking it across the Arctic Ocean from space.
Environment Earth's oceans hit their hottest temperature ever recorded on August 22, 2026. Scientists say El Niño and climate change are both to blame.
Sports The 2026 World Boccia Championships opened today in Seoul, South Korea. Athletes with disabilities from around the world compete in this thrilling sport.
Space The four astronauts who flew around the Moon on Artemis II will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on August 28 in Houston, Texas.
Space NASA's Roman Space Telescope has passed its final review and is cleared for launch on August 30. It will see 100 times more sky than Hubble in one shot!
Space Today, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and French astronaut Sophie Adenot are spacewalking outside the ISS to finish fixing a broken antenna. Here's what they're doing!
Animals Scientists discovered a brand-new lizard species in Thailand and named it after Syrax from House of the Dragon. Meet the tiny, yellowish Syrax mountain horned dragon!
Space Comet 220P/McNaught has shocked astronomers by exploding in brightness twice this year. It now glows green and can be seen with binoculars!
Space A tropical storm has grounded China's Chang'e-7 Moon mission. The spacecraft was supposed to launch today but stormy weather has put it on hold.
Space Today marks exactly 20 years since scientists voted to demote Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. Find out what happened and whether Pluto minds!
Space Two astronauts will float outside the International Space Station tomorrow to finish fixing its antenna. You can watch live on NASA+ and YouTube!
Space A dramatic 96% partial lunar eclipse happens on August 27-28, 2026, visible to 3.3 billion people across the Americas, Europe, and Africa. No telescope needed!
Space NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a fresh 60-foot crater on the Moon left when a stray SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crash-landed on August 5, 2026.
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found billions of hidden faint stars inside ancient galaxies, making them up to 4 times more massive than scientists believed.
Animals Scientists exploring Angola's remote Lisima Plateau discovered dozens of species never seen before, including 8 new dragonflies and about 60 new moths and butterflies.
Space China's Chang'e-7 spacecraft launches August 24 to hunt for water ice at the Moon's south pole in the most complex robotic lunar mission ever attempted.
Science Leg bones found on the seafloor near Taiwan suggest that Denisovans, ancient human relatives, may have been up to 6 feet 3 inches tall — a stunning new discovery.
Sports La Vuelta a España 2026 starts today in Monaco! 184 cyclists will race 3,275 kilometers across France, Andorra, and Spain over three thrilling weeks.
Sports The 2026 US Open tennis tournament kicks off today in New York City with Fan Week and Kids' Day. The main draw starts August 30 with a record $101 million prize pool.
Animals Scientists filmed dolphins in Australia using giant seashells as tools to catch fish — and a mom may be teaching her calf the trick!
Health A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine made just for each patient passed a huge medical trial, giving doctors a powerful new tool to fight skin cancer.
Science Scientists found a clue to why a billion years of rock are missing from the Grand Canyon — a giant ancient cliff taller than the Empire State Building!
World News A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the southern Andes mountains in Peru on Thursday. Here's why earthquakes happen there so often.
Environment Scientists found that melting Arctic sea ice creates a natural cloud factory. Algae and sunlight team up to make particles that seed brand-new clouds.
Technology OpenAI just launched ChatGPT for Teens, a safer AI version for ages 13–17. It helps students learn, think critically, and use AI in a healthier way.
Sports The 2026 Mediterranean Games open tomorrow in Taranto, Italy! Around 4,500 athletes from 26 countries will compete in 28 sports starting August 21.
Nature Scientists used DNA to identify a brand-new species of baobab tree in Madagascar. There are now 9 known baobab species in the world — and this one needs our help.
Technology Scientists built robots smaller than a hair that chase and collect bacteria using light. Here's how these amazing nanorobots work and why they matter.
Space A Chinese private rocket company just landed its booster for the first time ever — a huge milestone that brings reusable rockets to more countries.
Animals Three adorable endangered red panda cubs were born this summer at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute — great news for a species in trouble!
Technology SpaceX reached a jaw-dropping milestone on Aug. 19 — its 100th rocket launch of 2026, putting 24 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
Space For the first time ever, scientists have found three supermassive black holes inside a single galaxy, 12.5 billion light-years away from Earth!
Space NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches August 30 — and it can photograph 100 times more sky than Hubble in a single shot. The countdown is on!
Science Long before humans invented plastic, microbes made their own — and a new study shows worms, starfish, and other animals have been munching on it for millions of years!
Space NASA and ESA astronauts step outside the space station today to fix an antenna — and one of them could make French history in the process!
Space A telescope made from camera lenses caught something incredible: the remains of a dying star breaking apart and slowly becoming the building blocks of new planets.
Science Scientists discovered a hidden Y-shaped gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks about what matter is made of and why it stays together.
Animals Scientists discovered a brand-new extinct species of Ice Age toad in the La Brea Tar Pits fossil collections. Its bones had been sitting there since the 1950s!
Space A giant rope of solar material left the Sun on August 14 and is arriving at Earth today, August 17, 2026. It could trigger beautiful auroras tonight!
Space French astronaut Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman to walk in space on August 18, 2026, during NASA's Spacewalk 97 on the ISS.
Space A chunk of material shot from the Sun on August 14 is heading toward Earth and could produce northern lights displays on Monday, August 17, 2026.
World News Brave rescue teams in Indiana and Ohio are working around the clock to help families affected by historic Midwest flooding after weeks of heavy storms.
Science Scientists detected a faint 'ghost glow' of invisible particles from a switched-off nuclear reactor — a world first that could help keep nuclear sites safe.
Science Scientists discovered that a single human brain cell can perform complex computations on its own — more like a tiny computer than a simple on-off switch.
Space SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets from opposite US coasts just 38 minutes apart on Aug. 15, smashing its own world record for fastest back-to-back launches.
Environment Brazil's Amazon rainforest just recorded its lowest deforestation rate in over a decade! Satellites confirmed the great news. Here's what it means.
World News Hundreds of firefighters from Canada, Mexico, and more are battling the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, BC. Some families are starting to come home.
Sports The 2026 FIH Field Hockey World Cup kicks off today in Belgium and the Netherlands! 32 teams, 100 matches, and two World Cups at the same time.
Space Six planets are lined up across the pre-dawn sky this week! Jupiter and Mercury appear side by side today, August 15. Here's how to see the planet parade.
Science Stanford scientists discovered that tiny immune cells from our blood sneak into our brains as we age. The finding could help treat brain diseases one day!
Space The James Webb Space Telescope found a wild new object in space called a 'black hole star.' It looks like a star but acts like a black hole. Here's what we know!
Health The FDA just approved the world's first mRNA flu vaccine! It uses the same clever technology as COVID vaccines to help protect people from influenza.
Animals Nepal just announced its wild tiger count has reached 429 — nearly four times the number from 2009. It's one of the greatest wildlife comebacks ever!
Animals Male sperm whales make the loudest communication sound of any animal on Earth — a deep, slow CLANG that can travel for miles underwater. Scientists just figured out why!
Space Venus is shining at its brightest in the evening sky this weekend! Here's why tonight is the best night to spot it — no telescope needed.
Environment Scientists warn the Amazon rainforest may be closer than ever to a dangerous turning point. Here's what that means and why people around the world are working to help.
Sports Today is the final day of Leagues Cup Phase One! Eight teams from MLS and Liga MX will earn knockout spots tonight in today's thrilling decisive matches.
Science A new study in Science Advances suggests life on Earth may have started not once but twice, 4 billion years ago. Scientists are amazed by what they found!
Space The Perseid meteor shower peaked overnight Aug 12–13 under perfectly dark skies. Here's what skywatchers saw and how you can still catch the show!
World News After a powerful earthquake shook western Colombia, thousands of rescue workers, volunteers, and aid groups rushed in to help. Here's the story of the helpers.
Space Today's total solar eclipse over Europe isn't just a show — NASA is flying a jet and launching 86 balloons to study the Sun's mysterious outer layer.
Technology Google is hosting its big Made by Google 2026 event tonight in New York City, revealing the brand-new Pixel 11 smartphone family to the world.
Animals A female tiger named Umit — meaning 'hope' in Kazakh — has been released into the wild in Kazakhstan, where tigers vanished more than 70 years ago.
Environment Almost three-quarters of England is officially in drought as a fifth summer heatwave arrives. Here's what that means and how people are helping.
Space Scientists studying old Cassini spacecraft data discovered that Saturn's magnetic shield is lopsided — and its speedy spin plus moon Enceladus are to blame!
Science Scientists in Brazil have identified a brand-new species of ancient reptile that lived 240 million years ago — before dinosaurs even existed! Here's its wild story.
Technology SpaceX is sending 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit today on a Falcon 9 rocket — its 93rd launch of 2026! Here's how the mission works.
Animals Scientists discovered a tiny eyeless snail living in a mountain cave in China — and named it after a mythical faceless mountain god!
Science CT scans of rare dodo bird skulls reveal it had a strong sense of smell, a super-sensitive beak, and may have hunted at dawn and dusk like an owl.
Space Chinese rocket company Landspace is attempting to launch and land its Zhuque-3 rocket today — a huge step for reusable space technology.
Sports The 2026 Little League Baseball regional tournaments are in full swing! Teams from across the U.S. are battling today for a spot at the World Series in Williamsport.
Space NASA engineers pulled off a risky 'Big Bang' power-saving trick on Voyager 2 to keep it alive in deep space. Now they're getting ready to do it on Voyager 1!
Space NASA and Northrop Grumman are turning old space station parts into test missions that will help build humanity's first Moon Base. Here's how it works!
Science The world's most powerful solar telescope just caught tiny plasma whirlpools spinning on the Sun's surface for the very first time. Here's why it matters!
Science Scientists just found living microbes — including ancient gut bacteria and cold-loving yeasts — still surviving on Ötzi the Iceman's 5,300-year-old frozen mummy!
Sports The World Athletics U20 Championships just finished in Eugene, Oregon! Over 1,800 teenage track stars from 147 countries raced for gold — and records fell!
Technology UCLA scientists discovered how to guide heat in focused rays through a crystal at room temperature — like steering light through a fiber optic cable.
Space NASA's Curiosity rover found the biggest field of honeycomb-shaped cracks ever seen on Mars. Scientists think ancient water may have created the pattern.
Sports MotoGP's British Grand Prix is roaring to life at Silverstone! Marco Bezzecchi smashed the lap record in practice as the 2026 title race heats up.
Space NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon spent 6.5 hours in space installing hardware for a powerful new solar array on the ISS.
Space In just four days, on August 12, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, and Spain — the first over Europe since 1999!
Technology Blue Origin has figured out why its New Glenn rocket blew up in May 2026 — a tiny faulty valve that controlled oxygen flow to one engine.
Space South Korea's Danuri moon orbiter photographed the fresh crater left when a SpaceX rocket piece crashed into the Moon on August 5, 2026.
Space NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon spent 6.5 hours outside the ISS on Aug. 6 installing hardware for brand-new solar panels.
Science A life-size, 31-foot skeleton of Deinosuchus — the ancient croc that ate dinosaurs — is now on display at a Georgia museum for the first time ever.
Space Astronomers found a supermassive black hole roaming 30,000 light-years from its galaxy's center — revealed when it shredded a passing star.
Science Scientists have found a colossal hidden reservoir of magma deep beneath Tuscany, Italy — as big as Yellowstone's — with no volcano visible on the surface.
Space NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir walked in space today outside the ISS — a historic first for Dr. Menon and a big upgrade for the space station.
Health Scientists at Moderna have started testing a new mRNA Ebola vaccine in Canada, racing to help stop an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Environment New research shows that millions of people in coastal cities face extra flood risk because the ground beneath them is sinking — even as the ocean rises.
Animals Wildlife detectives in Kenya are investigating the deaths of 15 elephants near Amboseli National Park, believed to have been poisoned by farm chemicals.
Technology Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to build personal AI helpers for billions of people that could assist with health, school, finances and more.
Space A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashes into the Moon today at 5,400 mph — and scientists around the world are watching to learn from the impact.
Sports 21-year-old Alex Eala of the Philippines won her first WTA Tour tennis title at the Washington Open — a historic first for her country!
World News More than 400 firefighters are working day and night near Athens, Greece, battling a big wildfire. Today, they made real progress — here's how.
Animals Scientists discovered a new beetle that looks so stretchy and rubbery they named it after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy! Meet the Luffy beetle genus.
Nature Scientists in Taiwan discovered the tallest tree in all of East Asia — an 84-meter giant called the 'Heaven Sword.' Here's how they found it!
Science Scientists studied 1.4-million-year-old footprints in Kenya and found that Nutcracker Man was much bigger than anyone thought — and traveled in groups!
Science Scientists at CERN smashed tiny oxygen and neon atoms together and found signs of quark-gluon plasma — the same matter that filled the universe just after the Big Bang!
Space Scientists discovered that giant invisible waves are sweeping Mars' atmosphere into space — and it explains why the Red Planet became a desert.
World News Huge wildfires near Spokane, Washington have prompted evacuations and a statewide emergency — but thousands of helpers are on the ground.
Technology An AI model helped a Harvard mathematician disprove the Jacobian conjecture, an 87-year-old math puzzle that stumped the world's best minds. Here's what happened!
Sports The 2026 European Aquatics Championships are underway in Paris, France, at the famous pool built for the 2024 Olympics. Divers, swimmers and more are competing!
Animals Scientists attached cameras to whale sharks for the first time and discovered incredible secret feeding behaviors. Here's what the world's biggest fish was hiding!
Sports Japan's Miyu Yamashita wins the 50th AIG Women's Open golf major at Royal Lytham & St Annes, becoming the first back-to-back champ since 2011.
Space Mark your calendar! On August 12, Europe gets its first total solar eclipse since 1999, AND the Perseid meteor shower peaks — two amazing sky events in one day!
Sports Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage threw a stunning 89.75 meters to win javelin gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow — the country's first athletics gold ever!
World News Scientists used laser technology to discover nearly 400 hidden structures in the Amazon rainforest — proof of a huge, ancient civilization called the Aquiry.
Space A scientist re-examined data from NASA's old Spirit rover and found hidden clues that water once covered large parts of Mars — a discovery 20 years in the making!
World News A 4,000-year-old city called Mohenjo-daro became MORE equal as it grew — the opposite of what historians expected. What was its secret?
Technology NASA opened a brand-new wind tunnel today — its first major one in more than 40 years! It will help test future planes, drones, and even Moon missions.
Animals Nepal just counted 429 wild tigers — up from only 121 in 2010. It's one of the greatest wildlife comebacks on Earth! Here's how they did it.
Sports Tonight in Glasgow, the Commonwealth Games 200m sprint finals are happening! Athletes from 74 nations are competing for gold in track, javelin, and more.
Space On August 27-28, 2026, a deep partial lunar eclipse will turn 96% of the Moon reddish-orange. It's the best lunar eclipse until New Year's Eve 2028!
Environment Huge wildfires swept through France and Spain, displacing over 300,000 people. Thousands of brave firefighters from across Europe rushed in to help.
World News A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan. Rescue teams are working hard to help survivors and care for those displaced.
Space NASA has announced three spacewalks at the ISS in August 2026 to upgrade solar arrays, replace an antenna, and connect power cables on the station.
Sports The Commonwealth Games swimming finals wrapped up in Glasgow today! Australia's Sam Williamson won gold and England's Adam Ramsay-Peaty took bronze.
Science Scientists finally dated ancient cave paintings in France by finding hidden charcoal in the paint — some are 13,000 to 16,000 years old!
Space NASA's Roman Space Telescope is fueled up and launching August 30! It will see 100 times more sky than Hubble and could spot a billion galaxies.
Space NASA's Psyche spacecraft used Mars's gravity like a slingshot to speed toward a rare metal-rich asteroid it will reach in 2029. See the amazing timelapse!
Sports It's the biggest sprint race at the Commonwealth Games! Tonight in Glasgow, athletes from around the world race for the 100m gold medals.
Health Scientists at Georgia State University made a pill that stopped a measles-like virus from spreading through the air in animal tests. Big news for health!
Space NASA just fueled the Roman Space Telescope! It launches August 30 and will photograph 100x more sky than Hubble in a single shot.
Environment Scientists found that planned, controlled burns saved about 1,900 giant sequoia trees from deadly wildfires. The trees that were treated survived 4x more often!
Sports Day 5 of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games is here! Athletics officially begins today with 74 nations competing in Scotland. Here's what's happening.
Science Scientists say our eyes evolved from a tiny one-eyed, worm-like creature that lived 600 million years ago. And part of that ancient eye still lives in your brain!
World News A massive heat dome is sitting over the US, making it feel like 115°F in some places. Here's what's happening and how people are staying safe.
Sports Just 24 days after turning pro, 21-year-old golfer Jackson Koivun beat the world's No. 1 player to win the 3M Open in Minnesota. What a debut!
Space NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan today after spending 241 days aboard the International Space Station.
Sports The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland are in full swing! Day 3 brought swimming, gymnastics, and weightlifting gold medals from athletes across 74 nations.
Animals Scientists filmed orcas in the Gulf of California using a never-before-seen teamwork trick to smash giant sunfish into bite-sized pieces — possibly just for fun!
Science Scientists discovered the Sun holds 55% more silver than anyone thought. The finding helps solve a long mystery about how heavy metals spread across the universe.
Space Scientists at ETH Zurich found that Venus may still be geologically active, with giant rift valleys that could still be slowly growing and shifting today.
Animals Chinese scientists cloned 10 yaks in Tibet and are aiming for 100 by 2028 to help save a species in decline and support local herding communities.
World News Wildfires in Spain forced NASA to evacuate its Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid. All staff got out safely, and California stepped in to help.
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found a hidden giant planet in the famous Beta Pictoris star system by sniffing out its atmosphere — not by seeing it!
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket nailed its 13th test flight, dropping 20 real Starlink V3 satellites into space and safely splashing down both stages.
Science Scientists have found tiny brain circuits in bees that tell them what job to do. When researchers turned off the switch, older bees acted like babies again!
Space NASA's Webb Space Telescope found a hidden giant planet in a famous star system — not by seeing it, but by detecting the gases in its atmosphere. Here's how!
Sports The WNBA All-Star Weekend is underway in Chicago as the league celebrates its 30th birthday! Stars like Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers are lighting up the court.
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is set to launch today, July 24, and this time it carries real Starlink V3 satellites into space for the very first time.
Space NASA scientists discovered that a space rock called 1998 SH2, thought to be an asteroid for nearly 30 years, is actually a comet hiding in disguise!
Technology MIT engineers built a new tiny chip that helps self-driving cars see a much wider area using pulses of light — and it has no moving parts that can break.
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is set to launch its 13th test flight tonight, carrying brand-new V3 Starlink satellites for the very first time.
Health Scientists found a clever way to bring a powerful antibiotic back to life — by giving it a tiny helper molecule that disables the superbugs' shield.
Space A huge new sunspot called AR4493 popped up on the Sun and is firing powerful solar flares. Northern lights may appear in parts of the world tonight!
Environment Scientists from UC San Diego warn that oceans, lakes, and rivers around the world are losing dissolved oxygen, threatening fish and aquatic life everywhere.
Technology A robotic spacecraft with long arms launched on July 21 to travel to distant satellites and fix, refuel, and upgrade them — like a doctor in space!
Science Scientists discovered that two South American sauropod dinosaurs could stand on their hind legs — but as they grew bigger, it became impossible!
Science Scientists discovered a hidden 'switch-off' signal in the Sun's cycle that could let them predict dangerous space weather up to 7 years in advance!
Space Northrop Grumman's robotic spacecraft MRV launches today to repair and refuel satellites in space — a world first for commercial robotic servicing.
Health Scientists created a first-ever detailed map showing how the flu virus takes over human cells — a discovery that could help us build better flu medicines.
Science A giant hole in the Sun's atmosphere is sending fast solar wind toward Earth today, July 21, which could spark a beautiful aurora display tonight and tomorrow.
World News Andy Burnham became the UK's new prime minister on July 20, 2026, replacing Keir Starmer as Britain's seventh leader in just ten years.
Sports Italian teen racer Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in a thrilling race, extending his lead in the Formula 1 World Championship.
Science Scientists have identified the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid as a super-rare CO chondrite using nickel isotopes — and it changes how we think about the extinction.
Space For the first time ever, scientists found an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet in another star's habitable zone — a huge step in the search for alien life.
Space Today marks 57 years since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon! And tonight, the world's biggest rocket — SpaceX's Starship — is set for its 13th test flight.
Sports British runner Josh Kerr smashed a 27-year-old world record in the mile, running 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League on July 18, 2026.
Animals A major DNA study reveals koalas nearly went extinct 100,000 years ago due to climate change — long before humans reached Australia.
Sports Spain and Argentina face off in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final today at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey — a historic showdown between two legends of soccer.
Science Scientists linked a single asteroid smash-up to a giant storm of space rock impacts on Earth, the Moon, and Mars 800 million years ago.
Environment New satellite data shows the Amazon rainforest lost 38% less forest in early 2026 compared to last year — its lowest deforestation rate in a decade!
Sports Australian golfer Lucas Herbert shot an incredible 8-under 62 at the British Open — tying the all-time lowest score ever in a major golf championship!
Space For the first time ever, scientists detected an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of another star — a giant step in the search for life!
Space India's Vikram-1 rocket blasted off today and reached orbit — making history as the country's first privately built orbital rocket ever to fly!
Sports France and England play for third place at the 2026 World Cup TODAY in Miami — with Mbappé, Kane, and Bellingham all on the pitch for one final match!
Environment Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada drifted south, covering the US Midwest and Northeast in haze. Here's what it means and how to stay safe!
Animals Pakistan created a new sanctuary protecting 123 miles of the Indus River for the endangered Indus River dolphin, one of the world's rarest freshwater dolphins.
Animals Scientists have officially named a brand-new monkey species called Likweli living in the Congo rainforest. It has orange lips, black fur, and a deep roar!
Space Scientists have found the first-ever landslides on Pluto! Hidden in old New Horizons photos, six giant ice avalanches have reshaped the dwarf planet's surface.
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket almost lifted off on July 16, but four engines failed to ignite at the last second. Engineers are already fixing it!
Environment Smoke from hundreds of Canadian and Minnesota wildfires is drifting hundreds of miles south, turning skies orange and creating air quality alerts this week.
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket blasts off TODAY on Flight 13, carrying the first-ever working Starlink V3 internet satellites into space!
Health For the very first time, astronauts took real medical X-ray photos of their own bodies while orbiting Earth — a huge step for space medicine!
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is set to launch on July 16 — and this time, it will deploy satellites into space for the very first time!
World News The U.S. House of Representatives voted to make Daylight Saving Time permanent — meaning Americans might never have to change their clocks again!
Science Scientists studied a fossil skull with a T. Rex tooth still stuck inside it — giving us the clearest proof ever of how T. Rex hunted 66 million years ago!
Science Scientists discovered your brain starts making decisions much earlier than we thought — even before the "thinking" part gets involved. Here's what that means!
Space NASA astronaut Anil Menon launched to the International Space Station today aboard Russia's Soyuz rocket. Learn about his amazing journey to space!
Space The Perseid meteor shower officially starts tonight, July 14, 2026 — and a dark new moon makes this a perfect night to spot your first shooting star of the season!
Sports France and Spain face off in the World Cup semifinal in Dallas today! One of soccer's greatest rivalries kicks off at 3PM ET. Here's everything to know.
Space NASA astronaut Anil Menon launches to the International Space Station on July 14 aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for his very first spaceflight. Here's his story!
Science Scientists discovered that the crushing pressure deep underwater squeezes nutrients out of sinking 'marine snow,' feeding billions of tiny microbes in the dark abyss.
Science Scientists solved a 252-million-year-old mystery: why did some ocean creatures survive Earth's worst extinction while others vanished? Warming water holds the key.
Sports The 2026 World Cup semifinal matchups are set! France plays Spain and England faces Argentina. It's the first time the top 4 ranked teams all reached the semis.
World News After record rains flooded southeastern Missouri, eight Army Black Hawk helicopters rescued 202 campers and staff trapped at Camp Taum Sauk.
Sports Czech tennis star Linda Noskova, just 21, won the 2026 Wimbledon women's title in a dramatic three-set all-Czech final against Karolina Muchova.
Animals The numbat, Australia's striped marsupial, has been officially downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened after 40+ years of conservation efforts.
Technology Finnish physicists created a special quantum material that scientists predicted over a decade ago but could never make — and it could help build future computers.
Sports England and Argentina both won dramatic extra-time quarterfinals on Saturday, setting up a legendary World Cup semifinal in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Space Europe's Euclid space telescope found 31 ancient quasars — two of which are the oldest ever seen, shining when the universe was only 5% of its current age.
Space China made space history on July 10, 2026, catching the booster of its Long March 10B rocket after it launched a satellite to orbit — a first for China!
Sports Spain beat Belgium 2-1 in a dramatic World Cup quarterfinal on July 10, with substitute Mikel Merino scoring a late winner to send La Roja into the semifinals.
Sports World No. 1 Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev ended a British wildcard's fairytale run — the Wimbledon men's final is Sunday, July 12!
Science Scientists discovered that oak trees keep absorbing carbon dioxide for months after they stop growing — and that changes everything we thought about forests!
Space NASA's Perseverance rover found the most complex organic molecules ever discovered on Mars inside ancient mudstones — a clue that life's ingredients were once widespread!
Sports France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach the World Cup semifinals for the third tournament in a row! Spain vs. Belgium kicks off today in Los Angeles.
Space SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster just flew for a record-breaking 36th time — and it landed perfectly on a ship in the ocean. Here's why that's amazing!
Animals For the first time ever, scientists filmed a live goblin shark swimming in its natural deep-sea home. This ancient shark is a 125-million-year-old living fossil!
Space NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just woke up after sleeping for 321 days — almost a full year — nearly 6 billion miles from Earth beyond Pluto!
Sports Argentina was losing 2-0 to Egypt with only minutes left — then Messi turned it around! Now 8 teams remain in the 2026 World Cup. Here's what you need to know.
Health Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School found a gene called DEAF1 that makes muscles age faster — and discovered that exercise can turn it off to keep muscles strong!
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned 4 this July! It celebrated with the most detailed photo ever taken of Centaurus A, a galaxy shaped by a 2-billion-year-old crash.
Space SpaceX launched a tiny nuclear-powered satellite on July 7, 2026 — a first for commercial space travel. Here's how it works and why it matters.
Health UC Berkeley scientists discovered the exact brain circuit that makes deep sleep release growth hormone — the chemical that builds muscles and repairs your body.
Sports The 2026 World Cup Round of 16 ends today with Argentina vs. Egypt and Switzerland vs. Colombia. All three host nations are out. Here's what to watch!
Animals Scientists found 5,000-year-old wolf bones on a tiny island in Sweden with no wild land animals. Humans must have brought them by boat — rewriting dog history!
Nature Super Typhoon Bavi, a powerful Category 5 storm, made landfall on the U.S. island of Rota near Guam. Communities are helping each other recover.
Space China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft just arrived at a tiny asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa that follows Earth like a shadow. Scientists wonder: is it a piece of the Moon?
Sports The 2026 World Cup Round of 16 is delivering thrills! Norway upset Brazil, England beat Mexico, and today Spain faces Portugal plus the USA takes on Belgium.
Environment Europe's 2026 heatwave broke national temperature records across 13 countries. Scientists and health workers are now acting to protect people and prepare better.
Space Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft zooms past asteroid Torifune today in one of the closest asteroid flybys ever attempted, traveling at 12,000 mph.
Space NASA's Hubble telescope photographed LH 95, a glowing stellar nursery holding 2,500 baby stars still being born in a nearby dwarf galaxy.
Sports The World Cup Round of 16 heats up on July 5 with two giant matches: five-time champions Brazil take on Norway's Erling Haaland, and host Mexico faces England.
Science A stronger-than-expected G3 solar storm lit up the skies on July 4, 2026, sending dazzling northern lights as far south as Utah, Colorado, and Nevada!
Sports Cape Verde's incredible first-ever World Cup run came to a heroic end, losing 3-2 to Argentina in extra time. The tiny island nation inspired the whole world!
Space On July 4, 2026, Mars and Uranus appeared incredibly close together in the pre-dawn sky — one of the best chances to spot Uranus in decades!
Space NASA's LINK spacecraft launched July 3 to rescue the Swift Observatory from falling back to Earth. Here's the incredible rescue story for kids!
Space NASA released four stunning space images in red, white, and blue to celebrate America's 250th birthday — and you can even hear the universe sing!
Science Scientists built a life-size dinosaur nest in a lab to solve how oviraptors hatched their eggs 70 million years ago. The answer is surprising!
World News Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, received the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia to celebrate America's 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
Science Scientists at the University of Minnesota built SpudCell, the world's first fully synthetic cell made from non-living parts that can eat, grow, and make copies of itself!
Sports Team USA faces Belgium in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on July 6 in Seattle! Here's what kids need to know about this epic rematch.
World News Tomorrow is America's 250th birthday! To celebrate, nearly 50 giant tall ships from 20 countries are sailing into New York Harbor in the biggest fleet ever.
Environment More than 350 firefighters, water-scooping planes, and the National Guard are all working together to protect communities from the huge Aspen Acres Fire in Colorado.
Animals Scientists were amazed when bumblebees solved a famous chimpanzee intelligence test all by themselves, with no training. What does this tell us about animal minds?
World News A volunteer sorting old papers in London found a rare 250-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence — hidden in a British archive for centuries!
Sports Egypt beat Australia in a dramatic penalty shootout at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Dallas, making history by reaching the Round of 16 for the very first time!
Science Scientists just released the biggest-ever list of gravitational wave detections — 390 total! These invisible ripples in space come from crashing black holes.
Environment A massive heat dome is trapping scorching hot air over much of the U.S. this July 4th weekend. Here's what a heat dome is and how to stay safe!
Animals Neil the Seal, a 1,000 kg elephant seal from Tasmania, Australia, is back in town for his 12th visit — and he has 1.4 million TikTok fans!
Space The sun shot powerful solar flares toward Earth this week. NOAA says Northern Lights could glow across 26 U.S. states the night of July 3–4, 2026!
Space Saturn's iconic rings nearly vanished last year, but they're slowly tilting back into view! NASA says July 2026 is a great time to spot the ringed planet in the sky.
Science Scientists in South Korea invented a powder you can spray on a wound that turns into a gel and stops dangerous bleeding in just one second. Here's how it works!
Space Scientists discovered a rocky super-Earth just 25 light-years away orbiting in its star's habitable zone — could it hold liquid water? Here's what we know!
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just released a dazzling new photo of baby stars shooting out colorful jets of gas — just in time for the 4th of July!
Sports The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage is underway! The USA, Canada, and Mexico all advanced. Today's big matches include Argentina and Colombia.
Space Astronomers discovered two giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy! Meet the super-puff planets TOI-791 b and c, found 1,110 light-years away.
Science A bone found in Antarctica in 1985 sat in a museum drawer for decades. Scientists just discovered it belongs to a titanosaur dinosaur! Here's the story.
World News Rescue teams from seven countries worked together for days to save a man trapped after earthquakes in Venezuela. A true story about helpers and hope.
Space NASA is sending a robot spacecraft with three arms to catch a falling space telescope and push it back to safety. Learn how this space rescue works!