Tennessee family finds incredibly rare albino raccoon
A potential pest problem resulted in one of the most unlikely discoveries imaginable, and it all started when a Tennessee family called a wildlife management …
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NASA’s mission to ‘Touch the Sun’ just reached its first major milestone with close flyby
It’s been a busy month for the Parker Solar Probe which, if you haven’t been keeping track, is currently moving faster than any man-made object …
Hubble captured an image of a face in space and I can’t tell if it’s cool or creepy
When NASA peers into the sky with any of its various telescopes, there’s always the chance that scientists will spot something they’ve never seen before. …
NASA’s InSight landing site is flat, boring, and totally perfect
When you’re sending a piece of high-tech hardware to another planet it might make sense to shoot for a location that is strange or interesting …
Astronomers suggest shooting a laser into space to attract aliens to Earth like a ‘porch light’
Science fiction has taught us for decades that when alien arrive on Earth, it’s going to be a bad day for mankind. Those fictional horror …
Astronomers spot one of the oldest stars ever
Our Solar System is incredibly old by human standards. The Sun, sitting in the center, is thought to be just over 4.6 billion years old, …
Man dies after being paralyzed for eight years when he ate a slug on a dare
If you’ve ever watched an episode of Man vs Wild or Survivorman you know that the human body can digest some pretty wild stuff. Those …
SpaceX’s Starman, still seated in his Tesla Roadster, just passed Mars
Time flies when you’re cruising through space in a Tesla Roadster, huh? It’s hard to believe that it’s already been nearly nine months since SpaceX …
Wait a second, was that weird interstellar object an alien spacecraft after all?
One of the most bizarre pieces of space news that keeps popping up this year is the story of Oumuamua, a cigar-shaped object that sped …
Feast your eyes on the first 8K video shot in space
Depending on how serious you are about your home entertainment, you might not even own a 4K TV yet. If that’s the case, you can …
Pacific nation of Palau is banning sunscreens because they’re destroying coral
Recent scientific investigations have revealed that some of the chemicals used in popular sunscreens are incredibly harmful to ocean life, including coral. With the world’s …
Russia says its doomed rocket was damaged before takeoff, causing launch failure
It was just a couple of days ago that Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that its probe into the Soyuz rocket failure had officially wrapped …
Blood pressure drug recalled because it might give you cancer
If you’re taking a medication to help regulate your blood pressure, you’re obviously at least mildly interested in maintaining good health, so it’s one heck …
Hubble spots a distant star casting a colossal shadow
NASA’s Hubble telescope has sent back some stunning images of eye-catching sights in the sky, but shadows aren’t usually a highlight of the eye candy …
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft just ran out of fuel and now it’s dead
It was only just yesterday that NASA announced its Kepler space telescope had officially been declared dead, and now there’s another long-running mission that has …
Birds inherited colorful eggs from dinosaurs, scientists say
If you come across a bird nest there’s usually a pretty good way of telling what kind of feathered friend was responsible for it, even …
Russia releases video showing Soyuz rocket failure as it happened
Just yesterday the Russian space agency Roscosmos revealed that it has completed its investigation into the failure of its Soyuz rocket on a recent launch …
You can now bid on Stephen Hawking’s old wheelchair, if that’s your thing
Stephen Hawking, world-famous physicist, writer, and thinker, passed away back in March (on Pi day, no less), but his body of work will live on …
The Parker Solar Probe is now the fastest thing mankind has ever built
The Parker Solar Probe is having one heck of a week. It was only yesterday that NASA announced its do-it-all star-studying machine has gotten closer …
Russia finally explains what went wrong with the Soyuz rocket
It’s only been a few weeks since the Soyuz rocket launched by Russian space agency Roscosmos was forced to abort its launch shortly after takeoff. …
Ancient humans may have been better at breathing than we are today
It might be tempting to imagine our ancient ancestors as simply less sophisticated versions of ourselves, but scientists know that there are some very big …
The exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope is now dead
If you’ve read anything about newly discovered exoplanets over the past decade there’s a really good chance the discovery was made by the Kepler space …
Here’s your once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a Moon rock
We’re all pretty familiar with the Moon from a very young age. It’s usually one of the first topics talked about in our earliest science …
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is now the closest to the Sun that any spacecraft has ever been
NASA’s much-hyped mission to “touch the Sun” has only been underway for a couple of months, but it’s already achieved something that no other spacecraft …
NASA refuses to give up on silent Opportunity rover
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover isn’t doing much of anything right now, and that’s how it’s been for a number of months now. The rover was …
NASA tested its huge Mars 2020 parachute and broke a world record in the process
It should go without saying, but sending a rover to Mars is a challenging endeavor. Lots of things have to go perfectly right in order …
Rare ‘Dumbo’ octopus gives scientists a show near the ocean floor
Scientists hoping to study creatures that live near the bottom of Earth’s oceans have many difficult hurdles to overcome. You can’t just swim down there …
People were eating chocolate way earlier than scientists previously thought
Halloween is just days away, and if you haven’t already dug into a big bowl of candy you probably will within the next 72 hours …
A hurricane literally wiped this tiny Hawaiian island off the map
When a hurricane rolls ashore here in the United States we see devastation in the form of buildings toppled, incredible flooding, and the collapse of …
NASA says the Hubble is back up and running after bizarre gyroscope issues
The Hubble Space Telescope — one of NASA’s most reliable and important pieces of space hardware — has had a rough couple of weeks. Earlier …
