CONTINUOUS INTERNET TELEMETRY24H DRIFT5,798 material changesacross 5,536 domains · +4,889 vs yesterdayDNS DRIFT353 domains changed DNS providertop destination parity.domains · +327 vs yesterdayEMAIL DRIFT75 domains switched email providertop destination google.com · +67 vs yesterdayCERT DRIFT141 domains switched issuing CA24h · +118 vs yesterdayNOW1,943 curated domains not answering-767 vs yesterdayERRORS21,288 responded with an errorlast probe · 5xx / 404 / TLSTHROTTLED92,285 throttled or blocked our scanner429 rate-limit / 403 bot-block

sciencealert.com

Observed Jul 21, 2026, 20:07 UTC (15h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time. Catalog observation, re-checked on rotation — watch it for 5-minute checks.

Up right now
Runs onCloudflare
Email byGoogle Workspace
Secured byGoogle Trust Services
Registered withCloudflare, Inc.
Also usesGoogle Search Console
IPv6 · tranco_5k
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat sciencealert.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
sciencealert.com
A / AAAA
104.18.18.94104.18.19.942606:4700::6812:135e2606:4700::6812:125e
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
isla.ns.cloudflare.comzahir.ns.cloudflare.com
cloudflare.comanswers its DNS
MX
aspmx.l.google.comaspmx2.googlemail.comaspmx3.googlemail.comalt1.aspmx.l.google.com+1 more
Google Workspacereceives its email
TLS
sciencealert.com
Google Trust Servicesissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 2

  • 104.18.18.94
  • 104.18.19.94

AAAA 2

  • 2606:4700::6812:135e
  • 2606:4700::6812:125e

MX 5

  • 1aspmx.l.google.com
  • 10aspmx2.googlemail.com
  • 10aspmx3.googlemail.com
  • 5alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
  • 5alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

TXT 7

  • anthropic-domain-verification-vhmqgx=DbXGTELFcRV3blSio9EqwTiok
  • google-site-verification=0tfugISN1nae4AilgYQDmPE0m6BR3PvAjF3g6-Ixnm8
  • google-site-verification=FcSUVXEyRuX6bvvPPjgQ7EOct0dKhwDdByzUzkojfqk
  • google-site-verification=ZJPJnuew8kXj4N6vz7PmxmUrtJIaemlOdFSceiUCWTQ
  • google-site-verification=jyPPU2EX8LpaSTwYEwwSpVS_0x3Bmm5zxZKp9SYtFUY
  • v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:servers.mcsv.net ~all
  • v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:eb348c3e935f635@rep.dmarcanalyzer.com; ruf=mailto:eb348c3e935f635@for.dmarcanalyzer.com; fo=1;

NS 2

  • isla.ns.cloudflare.com
  • zahir.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

  • isla.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

CAA 10

  • issue "comodoca.com"
  • issue "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
  • issue "letsencrypt.org"
  • issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
  • issue "ssl.com"
  • issuewild "comodoca.com"
  • issuewild "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
  • issuewild "letsencrypt.org"
  • issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
  • issuewild "ssl.com"

TLS Certificates (3)

Common NameIssuerExpires
sciencealert.com C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:20:15 +0000
WE1 C=US, O=Google Trust Services LLC, CN=GTS Root R4 Tue, 20 Feb 2029 14:00:00 +0000
GTS Root R4 C=BE, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, 2.5.4.11=Root CA, CN=GlobalSign Root CA Fri, 28 Jan 2028 00:00:42 +0000

Subdomains (0)

None observed.

The proof

Signed at scan time. Check the math yourself. Every line above is part of one signed observation. Re-hash it and check the Ed25519 signature in your own browser; nothing leaves your machine.

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID
rcpt_580f0d2d606af18b
Output Hash
e57d2930e99f295502645c537b67c2b5caf437d1ae7b88e1a6895e276a613526
Signature
ed25519:46c3341ff04bd431b13c21bfe8f99fa03a04435764e965ee30cf56a9044066b79402f0ba7e1cc7905f8cc7b9e95ac005fa9d0278273410d3be2a74b7bd9b4b09
Public Key
ed25519:178c3bd0f57d9d64b83cc4630753381e1a465005a2bbba3d032371f24af0bfd8
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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