Tiny Forests, Big Impact: How Micro-Forests Are Transforming Urban Landscapes

Students Fix Cars & Give Them To Single Moms

January 29, 2026

When Jessica Rader received the keys to a fully refurbished 2007 gold Prius from students at Louisa County High School in Mineral, Virginia, the 40 year old single mother of three couldn’t hold back tears. It wasn’t just about getting a car, it was about discovering that kids who had

Graduate Student Discovers Youngest Planet Ever Found

January 29, 2026

University of North Carolina graduate student Madyson Barber spent three years scanning the universe for newborn planets one star cluster at a time, and her persistence paid off when she identified the youngest transiting planet ever discovered, a Jupiter sized world named TIDYE-1b that is only 3 million years old.

Scientists Just Weighed Planet, Here’s How

January 29, 2026

Astronomers have achieved something that seemed impossible until now: they successfully weighed a planet floating alone through the Milky Way galaxy with no star to orbit, marking the first time scientists have directly measured both the mass and distance of a rogue planet simultaneously. The Saturn sized world was discovered