New discovery hints that Mars could have once supported life
The Mars we see today is a far cry from what it looked like many millions or even billions of years ago. The planet’s dry, …
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The final countdown has begun for NASA’s Cassini
In less than 10 days, NASA’s heroic Cassini orbiter will make its suicidal dive into the surface of Saturn, bringing an end to a truly …
Uranus is having a rough time, and it’s only going to get worse
If we could somehow travel to the other planets in our solar system on a whim — you know, just for sightseeing and such — …
Fisherman snags ‘ghost’ lobster, proving nature still has a few tricks up its sleeve
Mother Nature loves to throw curve balls, and humans have gotten pretty good at expecting the unexpected when it comes to the wonders of the …
Scientists find evidence of new type of black hole hiding in our own galaxy
Scientists have known for a while that big and small black holes exist. The largest, supermassive black holes, lurk at the center of galaxies, while …
Massive ‘dragon boogers’ wash ashore in Canada
It’s not every day that a strange blob of seemingly otherworldly goo washes up on a Canadian lake, but when it does you can be …
There’s another star headed for our Solar System, but it won’t arrive for a while
Today, a colossal asteroid is cruising past our planet at a pretty safe distance, but if humanity is still around in some 1.3 million years, …
Author claims a mythical planet is about to destroy Earth, and it’s written on the pyramids
A conspiracy theorist and author says we’re all about to die thanks to the arrival of a hidden planet NASA hasn’t warned us about, and …
A colossal asteroid will cruise by Earth today, and you’ll actually be able to see it
The asteroid known as Florence is going to make a relatively close shave of Earth today, speeding past our planet closer than it has since …
Alien hunters get great news about nearby exoplanets
If you’ve been remaining hopeful that humanity will find evidence of extraterrestrial life within your lifetime, scientists at the Geneva Observatory have some extremely good …
Astronomers are hearing something weird in space, and can’t figure out where it’s coming from
Unexplained radio bursts have once again been detected by astronomers searching for evidence of alien life, and science is still no closer to coming up …
Manmade sonar is literally driving whales insane
Well, humanity, we’ve done it again. We already pushed our planet to a point where storms are getting stronger and more frequent, trees are migrating, …
Scientists finally solve centuries-long mystery of star that disappeared 14 days after its discovery
Mapping the cosmos as we see it from Earth is a never-ending job, but one of the nice things about stars is that they tend …
Spare a thought for Voyager 1 and 2, which have been hurtling through space for 40 years
In late August and early September of 1977, NASA sent two messengers into space. Their extended mission, to travel as far away from Earth as …
NASA’s Cassini dove past Saturn’s rings and sent back this gorgeous video
NASA’s Cassini orbiter continues to send back some stunning shots of Saturn even as its days are rapidly coming to an end. The spacecraft’s latest …
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft is going to look inside the planet, and nobody knows what it might find
NASA’s Mars rovers regularly send back awesome images of the red planet, not to mention an incredible wealth of scientific data, but that’s not stopping …
Drones are using artificial intelligence to protect Australian beachgoers from sharks
Drones are harnessing artificial intelligence to detect sharks approaching Australian beaches.
Stop blaming the Sun for global warming
The Earth is getting warmer and warmer, and scientists are now essentially unanimous in their opinion that humans are to blame, but could other factors …
These hovering gyro-busses could be the future of transportation
It’s become pretty clear that flying cars aren’t going to be a thing for a long, long time, so how exactly are modern cities going …
Astronaut pee could be turned into plastics
Astronauts are masters at recycling, and the brave space farers aboard the International Space Station already repurpose urine and the humidity they exhale into drinking …
This ancient tablet might rewrite this history of math as we know it
Thankfully, very few of us have to bother with trigonometry on a daily basis, but regardless of how much you may have dreaded studying it …
Largest-ever asteroid is about to fly by Earth
Near-Earth objects make passes by our planet on a fairly regular basis, but the space rock that’s going to cruise by on September 1st is …
The unexplained sinking of a Civil War submarine finally has an answer
A Civil War mystery that has held strong for over 130 years finally has an answer. The sinking of the combat submarine H.L. Hunley, resulting …
It’s a good afternoon to watch a SpaceX rocket launch
Just a week after its last launch, SpaceX is back at it. The 11th mission it’s attempting this year is to send an Earth-observation satellite, …
Don’t believe this insane ’15 days of darkness’ rumor that NASA has already debunked
Ah, the internet. It’s given us complete freedom to communicate with basically whoever we want and provides a wealth of information to anyone who takes …
Mars is a winter wonderland at night
When you think of the surface of Mars you probably think of a dusty, largely featureless wasteland of orange dust and jagged rocks right? Thanks …
Stronger-than-steel ‘unbreakable’ rubber bands may be on the way
It’s hard to argue with the simplicity and design of a rubber band. I mean, it has a million uses, but at the end of …
Astronomers captured incredible image of nearby star, but found something they can’t explain
Like the rest of the world, we adore fantastic space photos. High-powered telescopes and exploratory spacecraft have delivered some truly jaw-dropping glimpses at what lies …
Elon Musk just revealed SpaceX’s space suits, and they’re glorious
SpaceX is already a big name in commercial spaceflight, but the company has yet to get its manned missions off the ground. A number of …
‘Diamond rain’ proven possible on Uranus and Neptune
Following up on a long-held theory that intense pressure within the ice giants of our solar system could lead to “diamond rain,” researchers were able …
