A cougar that stalked a man for six minutes on a hiking trail in Utah will not be hunted or relocated, according to a new report. The cougar was protecting its young when it stalked hiker Kyle Burgess down the trail and performed threat displays to scare him off. Burgess says he was in the …
A hiker was strolling along a mountain trail in Utah when he came upon cougar cubs and their very protective mother. The adult cat stalked the man for six minutes as he tried to make an escape. The man eventually survived by tossing a rock in the cat’s direction, scaring it off. Going for a …
NASA’s several successful Mars missions have yielded a treasure trove of gorgeous images of the Red Planet. A new YouTube video showcases some of the best images captured by the rovers in upscaled 4K resolution. NASA’s Mars Perseverance mission is scheduled to launch by mid-August. Thanks to NASA’s multiple Mars rover missions, the space agency …
The comet known as NEOWISE was captured by time-lapse images from the International Space Station, and it’s now been made into a stunning 4K video. The comet was barely visible when it was headed toward the Sun but after it appeared on the other side of its flyby it was much brighter. The comet was …
NASA destroyed its pricey Space Launch System rocket during testing, but it was totally planned. The space agency has to push hardware beyond its limits to know just how much it can endure, and it gathers a huge amount of data from each of these tests. NASA hopes the SLS will carry astronauts to the …
A massive shelf cloud resembling an alien spacecraft was spotted over New Mexico last week, and witnesses managed to catch it on video. The cloud was part of a storm front moving through the area that produced severe weather but no damage. Storms with these features have a frightening appearance and can spawn tornadoes, but …
Bite, chew, swallow. It’s a boring routine, but it works for many animals, including humans. Many snake species, including pythons, have streamlined their eating habits a bit, with jaws that unhinge and allow them to swallow their food whole. It works pretty well… as long as the thing you’re swallowing is actually food, that is. …
NASA’s Christina Koch has already had an eventful year. After kicking off 2020 as a member of the International Space Station crew, Koch returned to Earth as the new record holder for the single longest stay in space by a female astronaut. She’s been gone for a while, and nobody knows that more than her …
Earth is covered in water. It’s the big blue marble, and oceans dominate its surface… but what if they didn’t? What if Earth’s oceans were 100, 1,000, or even 10,000 meters lower than they are today? Thanks to a handy NASA animation, we know exactly what our planet would look like under those various circumstances. …
For NASA, 2019 was a big year. The space agency spent the year studying asteroids up close, prepping soon-to-be-launch missions to Mars, and hashed out plans for the Artemis missions that will return astronauts to the lunar surface. 2020? Well, it’s probably going to be even bigger. NASA is really, really excited about all the …
