Watch live as NASA tracks Cassini’s fatal plunge into Saturn
The Cassini orbiter has provided us with some spectacular sights of Saturn and its moons over the years, but one of the spacecraft’s most important …
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Astronomers discover a pitch black planet that reflects almost zero sunlight
When you imagine planets outside of our solar system you might dream up ocean worlds, thick plains of ice, or boiling seas of molten rock. …
SpaceX celebrates its many failures in hilarious new blooper reel
Elon Musk’s spaceflight startup SpaceX is one of the most important new companies on the planet. It’s helped to ferry supplies to the International Space …
There’s so much manmade junk in Earth orbit that satellites are in serious danger
Advancing technology and miniaturization go hand-in-hand. That’s great when it comes to smartphones and ultra-thin laptops, but it’s becoming a real problem in space. We’ve …
Hurricane Irma did a real number on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful storm, and even though it weakened significantly as it made its way towards landfall in Florida, the hurricane still …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is on its death dive, and you can track it live
It’s been NASA’s plan for months, but now that it’s here it’s an incredibly bittersweet moment: Cassini, the spacecraft which has sent back some jaw-dropping …
Scientists invent tiny robots that ‘team up’ to form larger robots
Thanks to incredible advancements in artificial intelligence robots have quickly become man’s best friend, but getting them to actually work together is still a tough …
Hurricane Irma looked absolutely insane from space
Hurricane Irma made its way inland this weekend, slamming into the west coast of Florida before advancing north, and its while it’s now been downgraded …
Devastating videos show Hurricane Irma as it rips through Florida
Millions of people in Florida woke up without power on Monday morning as Hurricane Irma tears through the state, leaving a trail of flooding and …
Hurricane Harvey is gone, but it spawned a disgusting new problem in Houston
Hurricane Harvey might be a thing of the past, but the devastation it wrought still remains. Now, a new, somewhat unexpected problem is springing up …
The sun is acting pretty strange right now
Regardless of what religion (if any) you practice, there’s no denying that there’s one thing responsible for the continued existence of life on Earth, and …
Over 59,000 people are pointing fans at Hurricane Irma in an attempt to blow it away
“That just might be crazy enough to work” is the mantra of nearly 60,000 people hoping to dissuade Hurricane Irma from making landfall in Florida. …
This pen can detect cancer in just 10 seconds
The detection and identification of cancer has seen incredible improvements over the past several decades, offering a new lease on life to those who would …
Everything you need to know about tracking Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded, is currently on track to wreak havoc on Florida. Having already made landfall on …
SpaceX is launching the US Military’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane into orbit today – watch it live here
SpaceX launches have become something of a routine over the past year or so, but if you think there’s nothing interesting about yet another launch …
This is what it looks like inside Hurricane Irma
Most people — normal, not insane people — will do everything in their power to avoid ending up inside a hurricane. For the brave scientists …
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, …
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 …
