
New law paves way for companies to mine asteroids
Mining companies pull valuable material out of the earth and sell it. That’s their job, and while there’s plenty of controversy over where, when, and …
Mining companies pull valuable material out of the earth and sell it. That’s their job, and while there’s plenty of controversy over where, when, and …
It might not be a planet anymore, but Pluto is still a pretty interesting place. It’s a rocky world covered in a thick layer of …
A 20-million mosquito horde is set to be unleashed in California. But don’t worry, they don’t bite. The massive bug campaign being launched Friday in …
Check out this hideousness! It might look like the bag from a 1940s vacuum cleaner with legs. But what it lacks in “design” it certainly …
There has been a recent spate of alligator attacks in southwest Florida — and the weather is partially to blame. On July 9, a 71-year-old woman …
The search for life beyond our Solar System is a slow, tedious process that involves identifying suitable stars, searching for planets in the habitable zone …
There are lots of rocks floating around out in space, but when they find their way to Earth they suddenly become extremely valuable as collector’s …
It’s always a good idea to start of your day with a reminder that nothing you do probably even matters in the grand scheme of …
When it comes to commercial space travel, the biggest names in the game right now are Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, but …
With all the biggest names in tech dabbling in some form of augmented reality — and with Apple finally jumping in and making it easier …
We typically think of stars as colossal balls of fusion-driven fire that absolutely dwarf everything else, but researchers just made a discovery that offers a …
Once upon a time, people used to think that coffee would stunt your growth if you drank it as a youngster. In more recent years, …
NASA’s Juno orbiter has been cruising around Jupiter for some time now, and it’s already sent back some jaw-dropping sights, but if there’s one feature …
When you hear the term “mass extinction” you probably imagine something like the space rock that smacked Earth and led to the demise of the …
Scientists are the public in general have been keeping a very close eye on the crisis unfolding on the Larsen C ice shelf for months. …
It appears the United States military isn’t taking any chances when it comes to the growing threat of unpredictable actions from North Korea and the …
SpaceX’s reusable rocket technology has been hailed as the future of space travel, and even the Russians have admitted that the company seems to be …
If you were like most kids, you at least ventured the thought of becoming an astronaut when you grew up. The idea of flying into …
How many power lines did you drive under on your way to work this morning? Well, while you were casually sipping your double-soy-mocha-no-whip-latte there was …
We go about our lives here on planet Earth — doing our jobs, cashing paychecks, and raising families — and most of the time we …
By using Earth and our sun as a reference, scientists have spent decades honing in on the conditions required for a planet to support life. …
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and even Uranus are getting lots of attention these days, with probes and rovers getting up close and personal with our planetary …
Any sci-fi flick or video game showing a futuristic battlefield is always filled with soldiers wearing advanced high-tech armor and all manner of fancy gadgetry. …
Mars as we know it today is an extremely hostile planet when it comes to life, but there’s always been the possibility that life in …
Most of us roll our eyes at traffic laws, and when you’re stuck behind a hundred other cars trying to make it down the same …
People often ask for clear signs that global warming — sorry, sorry “climate change” — is real. Sure, sea levels are rising, storms are becoming …
Despite ultimately losing the “space race” to the United States, followed by decades of dirty looks and blank stares from the then-Soviet Union, Russia is …
The Roman Empire may be long gone, but its architecture has stood the test of time — most notably, its insanely durable concrete, which has …
We’ve seen so many examples of technology that was once science fiction become reality that it’s hard to believe true holograms as many think of …
We’re pretty familiar with our own Solar System, but the galaxy that we reside in is absolutely enormous. The Milky Way is thought to have …