Wreck of Shackleton's 'Endurance' discovered in Antarctic depths (2022)(smithsonianmag.com)

177 points by throwoutway 2 years ago | 48 comments

Polar Night in the Northernmost Town(smithsonianmag.com)

66 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 16 comments

How to Spot NASA's Solar Sail Demonstration Streaking Through the Night Sky(smithsonianmag.com)

123 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 37 comments

Ernest Shackleton's Last Ship, Quest, Discovered Off the Coast of Canada(smithsonianmag.com)

88 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 31 comments

Butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic without stopping(smithsonianmag.com)

201 points by raybb 2 years ago | 75 comments

Scientists Clone Two Black-Footed Ferrets from Frozen Tissues(smithsonianmag.com)

81 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 12 comments

Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery(arstechnica.com)

116 points by gumby 28 days ago | 48 comments

Ars Technica article on scientists finding that a 19th-century Nature account of a geomagnetic storm delaying a train got the year wrong due to a typo.

The sun's magnetic field is about to flip(space.com)

351 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 155 comments

Space.com news article explaining that the sun's magnetic field is about to reverse during solar maximum and what effects to expect on Earth.

JWST reveals its first direct image discovery of an exoplanet(smithsonianmag.com)

319 points by divbzero 1 year ago | 138 comments

Smithsonian magazine article on the James Webb Space Telescope's first exoplanet discovery via direct imaging, made by blocking the host star's glare.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time(pv-magazine.com)

624 points by xbmcuser 9 days ago | 390 comments

pv magazine article reporting that global solar generation surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2026.

Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts(apnews.com)

635 points by _rend 2 years ago | 1259 comments

AP News article reporting the US Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity for official acts, dimming chances of a pre-election Trump trial.