To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. The megalodon was one of the biggest fish that ever lived, with seven-inch-long teeth ...

NPR has laid off staff following a round of voluntary buyouts, NPR Editor-in-Chief Thomas Evans announced in an all-staff memo Wednesday. The total workforce reduction amounts to fewer than 30 ...

And I'm Scott Detrow here with another edition of Spacing Out with our friends from Short Wave and the science desk. We've got host Regina Barber here. Hey there. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. DETROW: ...

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The farthest planet from the Sun has a rather strange collection of moons in its orbit. That may be because Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, made a mess when it forced its way into the planet’s orbit ...

Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, is surrounded by 16 known moons—and many of them are weirdos. Now, researchers propose that one of those oddballs, a wide-orbiting moon called Nereid, is the ...

Neptune’s moon Nereid may be the sole survivor of an ancient moonpocalypse. A new study suggests that the strange satellite was born in a steady, circular orbit around Neptune, then tossed into its ...

Neptune’s moons have long provided evidence of a cataclysm four billion years ago. A new study suggests one moon may have made it through. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Neptune’s moon system is bizarre.

Nereid, Neptune’s third-largest moon, could be the only intact survivor from an ancient set of moons destroyed early in the solar system’s history, according to a new analysis based on data from the ...

NPR is slashing jobs and restructuring its newsroom as the public-radio giant grapples with a financial crunch fueled by federal funding cuts, weakening station revenue and dramatic changes in how ...

NPR announced a voluntary buyout program and newsroom restructuring Monday as it looks to offset a forthcoming drop in revenue from station membership dues and a projected dip in sponsorship. The ...