Back in 2014, a fireball exploded in the skies over Papua New Guinea. At the time, scientists believed that the object was a small meteorite measuring around 1.5 feet across. It slammed into the Earth’s atmosphere at more than 130,000 mph (roughly 210,000 km/h). Because the object’s speed exceeded the average velocity of meteors found …
NASA has signed up to help test SpinLaunch’s suborbital accelerator. The massive device was designed to literally sling satellites and other small spacecraft into space at over five times the speed of sound. The NASA SpinLaunch test is set to take place later this year using a specialized kinetic launch system.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has discovered unsafe levels of uranium in the water. The researchers published their findings in the journal Lancet Planetary Health. They discovered the radioactive element in some of the U.S. drinking water supply, especially around semi-urban, Hispanic communities.
Despite being the literal center of our planet’s orbit, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the Sun. So, every time that we get a closer glimpse of the central star of the solar system we call home, it’s always exciting. The latest glimpse we’ve been given comes thanks to photographer Andrew McCarthy. McCarthy, …
Researchers recently discovered that a bizarre supernova is exploding in the wrong direction. A new study of Cassiopeia A shows that one section of the gas cloud is collapsing in on itself in what the researchers are calling a “reverse shock supernova”.
Spiders can be exceptionally intriguing creatures. Whether we’re talking about megaspiders that give you nightmares, or spiders that hunt in choreographed packs, these (sometimes) tiny creatures can be spectacular. Now, researchers with John Hopkins University may have unraveled one of the biggest mysteries surrounding spiders. The researchers say they were able to use night vision …
We’ve reached a momentous occasion in the journey to commercial space travel. Today, Axiom Space and SpaceX launched Axiom 1, the first private ISS flight. The flight, which includes the world’s first all-private astronaut team, took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this morning around 11:17 AM EDT. It’s a historic moment for space travel, …
The last total solar eclipse in the US until 2045 is happening within the next couple of years. The eclipse is set to fill the sky in early 2024, and it will be the only chance you’ll have to see one like it in large areas of the US for another 21 years. That makes …
Researchers with San Diego State University (SDSU) in California have shared a spectacular video of western banded geckos fighting scorpions. These geckos are normally thought of as fairly mild-mannered creatures. But, as you can see in the video shared by the SDSU, they can put out quite a thrashing when they need to.
The Sun ejected filaments of plasma from an active sunspot, opening a massive canyon of fire. The canyon’s creation released powerful streams of solar winds that could create geomagnetic storms when they collide with Earth.
