Yep, a space rock definitely hit the Moon during January’s lunar eclipse
Back in January skywatchers were treated to a gorgeous lunar eclipse that was visible across multiple continents. It made headlines as the “Super Blood Wolf …
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NASA bought junk aluminum in a 19-year scam that cost the agency over $700 million
NASA is staffed with some of the brightest minds in engineering, astronomy, and mathematics. You wouldn’t expect anyone to even attempt to pull the wool …
Facebook’s new ‘Secret Crush’ isn’t cute, it’s creepy
Facebook kicked off its F8 2019 event on Tuesday, announcing various new features for its social networks and chat apps. Facebook users were promised a …
NASA delays SpaceX’s ISS resupply mission over space station glitch
It’s only been a little over a week since a static test fire of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon resulted in what appeared to be the complete …
This JetBlue fare sale with tickets as low as $44 is too good to pass up
Boutique New York-based airline JetBlue launched a two-day “Fly As You May” fare sale Tuesday with tons of great deals and fares as low as …
Instagram will test hiding how many ‘likes’ your posts get so you’ll stop obsessing
Instagram may be about to make the biggest change ever to your experience with the app soon, in the hope that you’ll stop obsessing so …
Measles cases in the U.S. just hit a 25-year high thanks to anti-vaxxers
The United States just hit a major milestone, but not the kind that anyone should be proud of. With over 700 confirmed cases of the …
Apple posts Q2 earnings: Revenue hits $58 billion
Apple a few moments ago issued its earnings report for the March quarter and posted revenue of $58 billion, a quarterly profit of nearly $11.6 billion, …
Scientists are testing new plasma tech that can kill 99.9% of deadly airborne germs
Coming down with a cold is a major pain, and sometimes it’s impossible to know when or where you even got it. That’s the nature …
How to watch Facebook’s F8 2019 live stream
It’s not often that Facebook makes headlines for any of its achievements or advancements anymore, with new privacy concerns seemingly cropping up on a weekly …
Norway thinks it captured a Beluga whale that was spying for Russia
Russia may be resorting to more unconventional methods of espionage these days, dragooning Mother Nature into helping the country extend its spying capabilities. That’s what …
Study draws incredible link between school bus exhaust and student test scores
As educators have known for a long, long time, there’s no magic solution to improving academic performance across an entire student body. Experienced teachers and …
Pluto’s atmosphere might be dying right before our eyes
Pluto, the once-planet and now-dwarf-planet, is an incredibly hostile world as far as life is concerned. Pluto, which sits near the edges of the solar …
Advertising executives believe Netflix will have to run ads eventually
No surprise, Netflix was a big topic of discussion today as IAB’s Digital Content NewFronts event kicked off in New York City — and a …
Doctors used a drone to deliver a vital kidney transplant in historic flight
Drones might be a favorite toy among adults with significant disposable income, but they’ve also proven to be incredibly useful as tools, and sometimes life-saving …
Spotify now has 100M paying subscribers, but it’s still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million subscribers paying for the streaming music service’s Premium subscription tier, in addition to now enjoying a presence in 79 markets …
Denver might decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
As more and more U.S. states embrace marijuana, tearing down decades of anti-weed propaganda in the process, some cities are considering approaching other low-risk recreational …
Synology’s DS918+ is the ultimate NAS
These days, even the average consumer relies so many devices and uses so much computing power over the course of a normal day that they …
We’re about to find out how prepared NASA and FEMA are for an asteroid strike
For years, big budget science fiction flicks have shown us highly stylized end-of-the-world scenarios involving asteroids. Sometimes the heroes have a plan to avert disaster, …
Never mind the outcry: Netflix knows ‘The Office’ won’t be this popular forever
Andy Bernard, the lovable sad sack played by Ed Helms for several seasons of NBC’s The Office, muses aloud at one point during the super-emotional …
Gee, I wonder why Imax predicts that 2019 will be its strongest year ever?
On the same day that Avengers: Endgame opens wide in the US, Imax on Friday delivered word to Wall Street that the latest Marvel title …
Firefighters saved the National Archives from an arsonist who tried to burn it down
The National Archives Museum in Washington DC is more than 80 years old and houses everything from important presidential papers to some of the nation’s …
Amazon is reportedly working on a new high-def music streaming service
Just days after Amazon launched a free music streaming tier for Alexa-enabled devices, Music Business Worldwide has come forward with a report claiming that the …
Apple’s legendary design team lost three members, but there’s no reason to panic
At Apple, design is king, an ethos instilled into the company by Steve Jobs more than two decades ago. Famously, Jobs laid out Apple’s core …
Apple Watch Series 3 is somehow still only $199 on Amazon, its lowest price ever
The Apple Watch Series 4 is great, but the benefits over the Series 3 model are pretty minimal. Having a slightly bigger screen is nice, …
Woman complaining of eye pain had four live bees in her eye, doctors say
When a 28-year-old woman arrived at Taiwan’s Fooyin University Hospital with complaints of eye pain, doctors approached it like a normal, run-of-the-mill case of eye …
Newly-discovered ancient crab species is like nothing science has seen before
When researchers discover fossils of species that are new to science it’s only natural that they attempt to find a place for them in the …
China pledges to have the first Moon base within a decade
The Chinese space agency has spent the first few several months of 2019 exploring the far side of the Moon after being the first nation …
The Universe is getting bigger at a faster rate than scientists predicted
The Universe is growing. Scientists have known as much for decades, but the rate at which it is getting bigger has been the topic of …
This is our first look at the hole Japan blasted into an asteroid
Earlier this month, Japan’s space agency JAXA launched an explosive projectile at the space rock known as Ryugu from its Hayabusa2 asteroid probe. Japan wanted …
