Will we even recognize alien life when we see it? NASA isn’t so sure
Decades of science fiction movies, tv shows, and video games have led us to believe that when we spot another planet that has life we’re …
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Watch astronauts casually ride a rocket flying into space at 18,000 miles per hour
Very few people ever have the opportunity to fly into space. If SpaceX and Blue Origin manage to make space tourism a real thing, that …
Scientists genetically reengineered the polio virus to treat brain cancer, and it’s working
Scientists are trying anything and everything in the fight against cancer, and an unusual new potential treatment option has come from a very unlikely source: …
China is using robotic bird drones with cameras to monitor its citizens
When you gaze into the sky, what do you see? If you happen to live in China, the answer might be surveillance drones disguised as …
NASA showcases gorgeous new photo of Jupiter that looks almost too amazing to be real
Man, Jupiter sure is weird. The gas giant is one of the most-photographed objects in our Solar System thanks to its mesmerizing, swirling cloud tops, …
Popular toymaker apologizes for selling model of Nazi UFO that never actually existed
Revell is one of the most well-known and respected hobbyist brands on the planet. The company has been in business for three-quarters of a century, …
Zsa Zsa, an adorable bulldog with an impossibly large tongue, is now officially the World’s Ugliest Dog
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and by “they” I mean someone said that once and now everyone says that …
Bright fireball streaks through the sky over Russia, causing sonic boom
It was just last week that NASA publicly revealed its plans to enhance its tracking and detection systems for smaller near-Earth objects, and now a …
Police are arresting tourists for taking selfies with Hawaii’s Mt. Kilauea eruption
You know how it goes: you’re on holiday on Hawaii, on the same island as an ongoing volcanic eruption, but rather than following the lava …
Colossal dust storm on Mars is turning everything blood red, and it’s incredibly freaky
Mars is known as the “Red Planet,” but it’s even more crimson as of late. The massive dust storm that has fully enveloped the planet …
Blue Origin, which has yet to send a human into space, will start selling tickets for spaceflight next year
What is it with these private spaceflight companies always jumping the gun? SpaceX has become notorious for delaying and pushing back previously-stated target dates — …
New study says coffee is good for you, and you should be drinking four cups per day
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages the world over but, like so many things that humans love, there’s always been a question over …
The International Space Station is about to create the coldest spot in the entire universe
Space is a chilly place, but scientists aboard the International Space Station are about to make it just a little bit colder — temporarily, at …
Here’s how NASA is going to use the International Space Station to see how stressed out Earth’s plants are
Determining the health of any given plant can often be accomplished simply by examining it, but gauging the overall wellbeing of plants over a large …
Researchers discover the T. Rex couldn’t stick out its tongue, and ‘Jurassic Park’ was wrong
The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex would have been an truly intimidating sight if you happened to be roaming around on Earth 70 million years ago or …
That massive Martian dust storm has now swallowed the entire planet
The colossal dust storm on Mars that has already enveloped the Curiosity rover is now a planet-wide event. In a new bulletin, NASA explains that …
NASA has a new plan to find all the Earth-threatening asteroids it hasn’t detected yet
Thanks to the steady stream of new asteroid discoveries that rolls out of NASA and other skywatching groups around the world you might think that …
New video shows Hawaii’s lava river flowing faster than you can run
The US Geological Survey has released a new video of the highly active Fissure 8, which has been releasing lava from the Kilauea for over …
Scientists discover that wind on Venus actually makes it spin faster
Ever walk down the street on a particularly windy day and feel yourself being pushed along? The planet Venus knows all about that. Researchers studying …
This new high-speed rover simulator uses actual Mars terrain scans
Humans are definitely (probably) going to visit Mars some day. When that day finally comes, whatever hardware we decide to bring to the Red Planet …
Scientists discovered new species of ancient sea creature and named it after President Obama
In many ways, the Earth was a much different place 580 million years ago. The landscape wasn’t exactly bustling. Life had existed on the planet …
Giant ‘Plant from Hell’ is spreading across the United States, and just touching it will ruin your day
The long, sunny days of summer are coming — in some areas they’re already here — but anyone who comes across the Giant Hogweed plant …
Supposed ‘alien ship’ crashed on Mars has a much more mundane explanation
An incredibly bizarre feature on Mars which conspiracy theorists believe is clear evidence of alien life is actually just a really, really weird rock formation, …
World Health Organization decides video games can be addictive, creates incredibly vague diagnosis
Video games are an incredibly popular pastime for millions of people of all ages, races, and genders. When I was a kid in the late …
Former astronaut doubts that NASA or SpaceX will make it to Mars with their shiny new rockets
It’s widely known that the next frontier for manned space flight is Mars. It’s our closest planetary neighbor that actually makes sense to visit, and …
President Trump orders Pentagon to create a ‘separate but equal’ Space Force
At today’s meeting of the National Space Council, President Trump directed the Pentagon and Defense Department to “immediately begin the process” of establishing a “space …
Japan was rocked by a 6.1 earthquake this morning, and casualties continue to climb
An earthquake struck the island nation of Japan early Monday morning, toppling buildings and causing all manner of distress for residents of the bustling port …
NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped an amazing selfie as it was swallowed by a Martian dust storm
Mars isn’t a great place to be right now. Well, it’s really never a great place to be, at least not for the past billion …
New helicopter video confirms Hawaii is basically Mordor now
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy relied heavily on CGI to turn Mordor into hell on Earth, complete with a lava-spewing volcano and rivers of molten …
The voice of Stephen Hawking will be shot at a black hole, and maybe someone will hear it
Stephen Hawking dedicated the majority of his life to the pursuit of knowledge, focusing on physics and math in a quest to explain how the …
