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Scientists Say: Fibonacci sequence
Fibonacci sequence, (noun, “Fib-oh-NAH-chi SEE-kwints”) A Fibonacci sequence is a pattern of numbers. Each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers. The following set is a Fibonacci sequence. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat’s Head
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view reveals intricate structures within the Cat’s Head Nebula, traced by the emission from warm dust and carbon-based molecules excited by starlight.
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Giant sea spiders emit eerie glow deep below the ocean waves
Deep in the dark Australian Abyss, what’s visible can be scarier than the unseen. There, giant sea spiders scuttle along like glowing ghosts. The critters are not true spiders but relatives that split off from a common ancestor on the…
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NASA’s Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope
A sinuous spiral galaxy (center) appears in the same field of view as a vivid gravitational lens (right corner) in this Hubble image.
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These 5 quirks reveal how AI doesn’t think like we do
Hold a pen horizontally with both hands, then let go of one side. What happens? YouTuber FatherPhi challenged chatbots with this question. ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok all agreed that the unsupported end will rotate downward. FatherPhi then showed each chatbot…
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Webb Sees Turbulent Star Nursery
In this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope, we visit a turbulent cauldron of star formation to see what is brewing inside dense clumps of gas.
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An avalanche inspired this forecaster to keep others safe
Back in 2017, on May 19, Chris Dickson faced a close call. That day, he was skiing in the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado, eager to try out snow that had accumulated from recent storms. That fresh snow, though,…
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NASA’s Neo Surveyor Sunshade
The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission is inspected by a technician at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in late July.
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Farm plants may help fight infections, teen finds
Locklyn Ward, 14, lives on a farm in Oklahoma. One evening while she was helping feed the cows, she got curious about the plants growing in the field. She knew that scientists are always searching for new ways to fight…
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NASA’s X-59 Aircraft and Test Pilot
NASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026.