NASA’s Spitzer reveals surface conditions of distant exoplanet
The hunt for exoplanets has ramped up in recent years as advancing telescope technology is allowing scientists to spot the telltale signs of planets orbiting …
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NASA needs your help to deliver cargo to its lunar Gateway
NASA is inching closer to its return to the Moon, but its push to send crewed missions to the lunar surface is really just the …
iOS 12.4 jailbreak now available after previously-patched exploit reappears
Over the years, Apple has patched countless holes that have been used to allow iOS devices to be jailbroken, and it seems that for every …
Plague-ridden prairie dogs pose danger to Colorado tourists
Officials at a Colorado wildlife refuge are cautiously moving forward with a plan to reopen parts of their facility this week in the wake of …
Hubble spots a big, weird blob of star gas
When you gaze at the sky on a clear night, you can easily spot countless stars shining bright. Most of them look pretty much identical, …
Elon Musk is once again on a quest to ‘nuke Mars’
If there’s one thing you can say about Elon Musk it’s that he’s never lacked ambition. He’s founded a number of successful companies, and with …
Rocket Lab forced to push back launch due to weather
SpaceX might be the worldwide leader in commercial spaceflight — and get a whole lot of attention because of it — but it’s not the …
Scientists stunned after spotting record-shattering supernova
Scientists have a pretty good handle on the life cycle of various stars. They know the types of stars that are likely to die in …
Ancient cave bears were pushed to extinction by humans, not climate
Cave bears no longer exist. They went extinct tens of thousands of years ago, and all we have left of the massive ancient creatures are …
NASA went to Iceland and pretended it was Mars
The scheduled launch date of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is rapidly approaching, and with less than a year to go, it’s truly crunch time for …
Neanderthals had to deal with an ear problem we still struggle with today
You might not think we have much in common with a race of ancient people that died out tens of thousands of years ago, but …
Airlines might rebrand 737 Max, even if Boeing doesn’t
Major airlines all over the globe have a serious problem on their hands, and it’s not just the fact that the Boeing 737 Max remains …
Conor McGregor is spending his retirement beating up old men in bars
Conor McGregor, former two-division UFC champion and noted hater of mass transit, “retired” from the sport of MMA back in March of this year. It …
New study finds that breathing in polluted cities is just as bad as smoking
By now we all know how devastating a heavy smoking habit can be for our overall health, but the air wafting around your neighborhood might …
Baby Jupiter was smacked by a planet 4.5 billion years ago
Jupiter has long been hailed as the mighty “king of planets” thanks to its massive size compared to most of the other planets in our …
Neutron star ‘glitch’ offers scientists a clue into its inner workings
Studying distant objects in space can be tricky for astronomers, especially when those objects begin to do unexpected — and unexplainable — things. Neutron stars …
Scientists say this massive asteroid definitely won’t destroy Earth… yet
If the thought of an asteroid careening toward Earth keeps you up at night you can breathe a little easier today, as scientists have now …
Amazon’s facial recognition system flags dozens of California lawmakers as criminals
Facial recognition technology has come a long way in recent years, and today many smartphone users rely on face unlock features to keep their devices …
We might soon find out if the Earth-like worlds orbiting TRAPPIST-1 can support life
The James Webb Space Telescope is going to be an incredible tool for scientists to peer deep into space, returning information that could teach us …
Here are the four spots where NASA’s asteroid probe might land
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently hanging out around the asteroid known as Bennu. It’s been there for months, taking photos and scanning the asteroid’s surface …
NASA’s space-worthy nuclear reactor could be ready to fly by 2022
Today, scientists dream of one day building settlements on the Moon and even Mars, where research can be conducted and human travelers can live safely …
ESA’s Mars mission hits snag after second parachute test failure
Sending a spacecraft to Mars is no easy feat, but landing it on the Red Planet without making a crater is equally challenging. The European …
Bear invades home, busts out ‘like the Kool-Aid Man’ when police arrive
Spotting a bear on a hiking trail or wandering around your rural back yard can be somewhat frightening, but most of the time they’d just …
NASA’s methane discovery on Mars just got a whole lot more interesting
Back in late June, NASA revealed that sensors on its Curiosity rover were returning alarmingly high readings of methane that came seemingly out of nowhere. …
Scientists tasked a supercomputer with building millions of simulated universes
Figuring out how our reality took shape over billions of years is no easy task for scientists. Theories about how the Big Bang played out …
Being overweight is even more of a cancer risk than previously thought
The risks of being obese are fairly well documented, and while it’s true that a person who is significantly overweight can better their odds of …
Astronomers just found a black hole so huge it makes our galaxy’s black hole look like a baby
At the heart of our home galaxy is a supermassive black hole that gobbles up anything that gets too close. It’s huge, with a mass …
Watch the Perseid meteor shower hit its peak live from Europe
We’re in the midst of one of the best meteor showers of the year, but not everyone can stay up all night to watch the …
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole just produced a brilliant, mysterious flash
Like many galaxies, our own Milky Way is believed to revolve around a supermassive black hole. The location of the black hole, a feature known …
Dead planets beam ‘zombie’ radio signals into space for up to a billion years, scientists say
New exoplanet discoveries have been popping up with increasing regularity in recent years thanks to technological advances that allow scientists to spot evidence of their …
