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  1. Animals

    An all-female wasp is rapidly spreading across North America’s elms

    The elm zigzag sawfly has spread to 15 states in five years. Now it's attacking the tree that cities planted to replace Dutch elm disease victims.

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  2. Planetary Science

    A newly spotted asteroid spins faster than any of its size ever seen

    Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong asteroids.

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  3. Astronomy

    A double cosmic explosion could be the first known ‘superkilonova’

    The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.