NASA legend who helped propel astronauts to the Moon dies days after Apollo 11 anniversary
Chris Kraft, NASA’s first flight director and a huge driving force behind the mission that eventually sent astronauts to the Moon, died just days after …
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Scientists discovered a new shark species that glows in the dark
Once you get down deep enough in Earth’s oceans, sunlight is hard to come by. But rather than stumble around in the dark in search …
Trio of astronauts safely arrive at the International Space Station
A trio of international space travelers successfully arrived at the International Space Station over the weekend. The arrival of the new crew members brings the …
Doctors are sick and tired of at-home ‘cancer screening’ kits that send people into a panic over nothing
There are probably a lot of things that annoy doctors. Patients diving into symptom-tracking websites like WebMD and convincing themselves they have a dire illness …
India successfully launches Moon mission after earlier scrub
India’s Space Research Organization expected to launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission last week, pushing the country one big step closer to becoming the fourth country to …
Award-winning farm animal busted for using performance-enhancing drugs
There are few things worse than seeing an elite performance ruined by claims of performance-enhancing drugs, but alas, this is the world we live in. …
Ancient fossil offers clues as to when mammals learned how to eat
We humans tend to take our ability to chew and swallow for granted, but as mammals we actually have a pretty complicated system of bones …
Mom of two was misdiagnosed with cancer, endured chemo and surgery before the mistake was found
A mother-of-two from England was misdiagnosed with cancer three years ago, with doctors telling her she had a particularly aggressive form of the disease that …
Watch NASA’s rebroadcast of the Apollo 11 landing and moonwalk right here
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing is this weekend, and NASA has a whole lineup of awesome programming ready for all of us. …
‘Shocking’ study says unfair games feel fair if you’re winning
As someone who reads over various types of scientific research and studies on a daily basis, I feel like I have a pretty good idea …
Wildfires are raging in the Arctic after an unprecedented heatwave
The Arctic is a chilly place, or at least it’s supposed to be, but a recent combination of record-breaking heat and intense wildfires have turned …
Look up! China’s Tiangong-2 space lab is about to fall back to Earth
Today is an important day for China’s space agency. No, the country isn’t launching anything new into space, and in fact, it’s sort of the …
NASA just released gorgeous new panoramas from the Apollo missions
The 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon landing is just days away, and with it comes a whole bunch of retrospective content from the …
NASA quietly pushes back its SLS launch estimates to 2021
NASA really, really wants to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually other planets, but it currently doesn’t have a rocket capable of such feats. …
FDA warns that ‘Big Penis’ supplement works a little too well
The FDA is one of the more vital government agencies when it comes to keeping consumers safe from deceptive marketing and dangerous products, but sometimes …
Red wine may hold a secret that will keep Mars travelers fit
As NASA slowly inches towards the day when it can finally send human travelers to Mars, scientists are doing their best to make sure those …
NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter is apparently also good at spotting supernovas
NASA’s TESS (which stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is built to spot undetected planets orbiting distant stars. I mean, it’s right there in the …
The European Space Agency just updated its massive galaxy map
Back in early 2018, the European Space Agency released the second phase of Milky Way mapping data collected by the agency’s Gaia satellite. With a …
Neil Armstrong’s Moon medal from the Apollo 11 mission just sold for an insane price
We’re now just days away from the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, as well as the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong becoming …
We’re now exactly one year away from NASA’s Mars 2020 launch
This month is a very special one for the folks at NASA. The space agency is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon …
Another asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, but astronomers say it’ll miss us
If you’ve been wringing your hands and saying your goodbyes in advance of the visit from asteroid 2006 QV89 later this year, you can relax. …
L.A.’s earthquake warning app worked as intended… or did it?
Earlier this year the city of Los Angeles launched its very own earthquake warning app. It’s called ShakeAlertLA, and it’s supposed to alert “users within …
Hurting an insect may force it to live in agony for the rest of its life
If your first instinct upon noticing a pesky fly buzzing around your person is to swat at it in the hopes of sending it elsewhere …
Making Mars habitable might be possible thanks to aerogel
As far as anyone knows, Mars is currently totally devoid of life. We don’t know if that was always the case, but we know that …
This human-sized jellyfish is both really cool and kinda scary
The world’s oceans are filled with all manner of jaw-dropping creatures, but you have to be in the right place at the right time to …
SpaceX finally knows why its Crew Dragon exploded
NASA’s commercial crew program has seen more than its fair share of delays in recent years as both SpaceX and Boeing have had to push …
NASA is about to grow fruit in space
NASA has big plans for space travel that include heading to both the Moon and Mars sooner rather than later. If humans begin to travel …
NASA boss Bridenstine thinks we’d be on Mars already if politics didn’t get in the way
NASA’s Mars exploration projects have yielded many surprising discoveries over the years, and we know more about the Red Planet today than we ever have …
India’s Moon lander mission hits ‘snag’ moments before launch
The United States and Russia may have paved the way to the Moon, but as technology advances, we’re seeing many more countries launching their own …
Tennessee police warn of ‘meth gators,’ urge drug users not to flush their stashes
If you’re a meth user in Loretto, Tennessee, local law enforcement would very much like for you to stop, and when you do, please don’t …
