Bug flies thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean

A Painted Lady butterfly visits children at the Tenafly Nature Center in Tenafly, New Jersey on July 5, 2024.

These ladies are found all over the world, but new research shows that these brave butterflies can migrate thousands of miles across the ocean. Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardfly at least 2,610 miles (4,200 kilometers) across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to French Guiana in South America, according to a new study published in June … Read more

How a flock of butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Painted Ladies travel far with their impressive migration patterns that span thousands of kilometres. However, they often travel over land so they can stop to rest. Scientists have now found evidence that a … Read more

Mysterious pink sand beaches in Australia reveal hidden structures thousands of miles away

Australia’s vast beaches seem a world away from the towering glaciers of Antarctica, and yet clues found in the antipodean sands have led to a dazzling discovery on the frozen continent. The incredible discovery was made when scientists started noticing pink streaks washing up on the remote southern beach of Petrel Cove, about 90km from … Read more

Pilot reveals what it’s like to fly a ‘mile high club’ plane over Vegas

By Sophie Foster, deputy travel editor for Mailonline 09:01 June 22, 2024, updated 09:01 June 22, 2024 Captain Anthony Blake is a pilot for Love Cloud Vegas in the United States The small airline offers a ‘mile high experience’ in a twin-engine Cessna 414 Would you like to join the Mile High Club? Scroll down … Read more

Voyager 1 returns science data from more than 15 billion miles away after a NASA fix

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of science data from uncharted territory for the first time since a computer glitch disrupted NASA’s historic mission seven months ago. Voyager 1, currently Earth’s … Read more

Voyager 1 returns science data from more than 15 billion miles away after NASA fix | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of science data from uncharted territory for the first time since a computer glitch disrupted NASA’s historic mission seven months ago. Voyager 1, … Read more

See the Northern Lights… from space! Stunning video filmed by NASA astronaut shows brilliant green aurora from 250 miles above Earth

Incredible: NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared his view of the aurora above Earth as seen from the International Space Station (ISS) with Boeing's Starliner in the foreground

The aurora – a beautiful spectacle of natural light – is usually only viewed from Earth. But lucky astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) got a unique view of the spectacle – with Earth in the background. Stunning video footage shows the brilliant green stream of wispy light spanning thousands of miles across our … Read more

We boarded Ryanair’s ‘flight to Barcelona’… but woke up 1,300 miles away in LITHUANIA: Amputee and his wife describe ‘incredible’ confusion at Bristol airport before embarking on mammoth two-day trek to Spain

A married couple set off to fly to Spain on holiday only to wake up to an airport blunder ending up 1,300 miles from their destination. Andrew Gore and his wife Victoria were due to spend a week on the Costa Brava with friends and family to celebrate his 47th birthday. They had booked Ryanair … Read more

Ocean water flows for miles under the ‘Doomsday Glacier’, potentially causing serious consequences for sea level rise

A view of the tidal motion at Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, recorded by Finland’s ICEYE commercial satellite mission, based on images acquired on May 11, 12 and 13, 2023. - Eric Rignot/UC Irvine

Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research that used radar data from space to create an X-ray of the crucial glacier. As the salty, relatively warm ocean water meets the ice, it causes a “powerful melt” under the glacier and … Read more

Ocean water flows for miles under the ‘Doomsday Glacier’, potentially causing serious consequences for sea level rise | CNN

CNN — Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research that used radar data from space to create an X-ray of the crucial glacier. When the salty, relatively warm ocean water meets the ice, it causes a “powerful melt” under the … Read more