James Webb photographed a billion-year-old spiral galaxy
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) January Image of the Month features a spectacular picture taken by the Webb Space Telescope. The image features several bright …
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The Soul Nebula’s red glow looks stunning in this Hubble image
Back in December, the European Space Agency released an image of the Soul Nebula, a portion of space located 7,000 light-years away. In the image, …
A rare green comet will pass Earth tonight: How to watch it
Wednesday, February 1, will be an intriguing day for skywatchers as a rare, green comet will pass close to Earth for the first time in …
NASA is getting ready to examine Mars rock samples that may hold proof of alien life
NASA has announced plans to create a lab specifically designed to study the Martian rock samples that Perseverance has been gathering from the Jezero Crater …
Colossal Biosciences hopes to resurrect the woolly mammoth in 4 years
Colossal Biosciences, which is known for its plans to revive extinct animals, says that it hopes to revive the woolly Mammoth in just four years. …
ProGen AI just successfully imitated human evolution
Artificial intelligence has seen a huge surge of popularity in recent months, even years, and with programs like ChatGPT continuing to dominate headlines of the …
New type of gravity battery may be able to store energy forever
The quest for unlimited and clean energy has been a long one, with over fifty-plus years in the endeavor to find new ways to combat …
Remarkable new system can transmit radio waves with almost no electricity
Creating an ultra-low-powered radio device has always been thought impossible because it would rely on perpetual motion to generate energy. That’s because the second law …
NASA tested new propulsion tech that could unlock new deep space travel possibilities
With the successful launch of Artemis I behind it, NASA has been doubling down on efforts to make deep space travel – and it’s reported …
James Webb Space Telescope just showed us a space cloud’s frozen heart
The James Webb Space Telescope has wasted no time giving us new, beautiful images to look at. The latest image was released as part of …
Researchers invented a liquid metal robot that can shapeshift like a Terminator
Scientists continue to make intriguing breakthroughs that could help reshape our lives. This time, a group of scientists managed to create a shape-shifting liquid metal …
Asteroid mining could become a very real thing in the future
When you think of science fiction, your mind probably wanders to aliens, spaceships that carry you to unknown worlds that we can breathe on, and …
Mysterious whiting events in the ocean have scientists baffled
For more than seven years, scientists have been scratching their heads, trying to figure out what causes mysterious whiting events in our oceans. One of …
James Webb found water ice in the rings of an asteroid
Originally discovered in 1997, the asteroid Chariklo is too far away for any of our current space telescopes to properly observe it or take images …
Revolutionary magnetic solution instantly removes ‘forever chemicals’ from water
Scientists have devised an ingenious magnetic chemical remover that can clear dangerous “forever chemicals” from water, making it safe to drink again. Forever chemicals, which …
Perseverance just created the first Martian weather report
The weather on Mars is proving to be unpredictable and turbulent. After months of roaming the surface of the Red Planet, NASA says that Perseverance …
Watch the Moon eclipse Uranus this weekend
January is shaping up to be an interesting month for celestial events. Not only do we have a once-in-a-lifetime green comet soaring through our solar …
Asteroid 2023 BU will fly so close to Earth on Thursday, you might be able to see it
Space is full of asteroids and other celestial objects, and we constantly discover new ones. Take asteroid 2023 BU for example. This asteroid was just …
James Webb Space Telescope just hit a software glitch
James Webb has hit a software glitch. The newly minted telescope has only been in service for a little over six months, but it has …
The Moon will eclipse Mars on January 30 – here’s when and where to watch
Space watchers will be able to witness an extraordinary Mars lunar occultation at the end of the month. On Monday, January 30, the Moon will …
Groundbreaking new solar panels can generate electricity in the dark
Solar power is a promising avenue for clean energy. Unfortunately, solar panels have one major weakness – they can’t generate electricity in the dark. However, …
Scientists may have come up with a way to study the smallest form of matter
Quarks are the smallest form of matter that we know of. So small, in fact, that studying it in any meaningful way has proven nearly …
New findings could challenge everything we know about asteroid formation
Our universe contains billions of objects – from stars to planets and even asteroids orbiting those planets and stars. And we’ve done everything we can …
Watch live as Rocket Lab launches its first rocket from the US
Rocket Lab, the company famously known for catching but then uncatching their rocket booster with a helicopter, will launch its first rocket from U.S. soil …
Earth’s inner core may have changed how it spins, new study claims
A new study published in Nature Geoscience claims that the Earth’s inner core may have changed how it spins. The inner core, which is believed …
An accident in a lab experiment may revolutionize quantum computers
Researchers may have made a massive breakthrough in quantum computing. According to a new study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers may have discovered a cheaper …
Study uncovers 155 new genes that are evolving in humans
Science and technological advancements continue to drive humanity forward. With humanity having reached so far in the past two hundred years, it might be tempting …
Scientists used a laser beam to control lightning bolts
Scientists have found a competitor to the lightning rod — one of the most tried and true methods of controlling where lightning strikes. The new …
Never-before-seen time-lapse shows sunspot activity peaking on the Sun
Sunspots are planet-sized regions on the sun’s surface that have increased magnetic shields and often appear dark or black on the surface of our star. …
We may finally know why Jupiter’s asteroid swarms are so different
For decades we have known that Jupiter’s asteroid swarms follow the gas giant as it continues its orbit around the Sun. Now, astronomers may have …
