Watch live right here as NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover is about to land on Mars, and you can watch the entire thing live right here. NASA is hosting a lengthy live …
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Russia declassified images of its space cannon, the only gun ever fired in space
A space station launched by Russia during the Cold War included a built-in cannon, but it wasn’t revealed until after the fall of the Soviet …
NASA might not make it to the Moon by 2024 after all
NASA’s plans to return to the Moon by 2024 have been criticized and doubted since they were first announced. Now that the Trump administration is …
Here’s what killed the dinosaurs, according to Harvard scientists
It’s largely agreed upon in the scientific community that a massive impactor was what ultimately doomed the dinosaurs to extinction. Where that object came from …
Scientists think they’ve spotted another planet orbiting a nearby star
Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to Earth, and that makes it a prime target for study as well as potential interstellar missions in …
Blue dogs found roaming in Russia
Stray dogs in one area of Russia are turning blue, and locals were stunned to see the colorful animals roaming the countryside. The animals had …
NASA’s Moon-orbiting space station will begin construction thanks to SpaceX
NASA’s Lunar Gateway is a major part of the Artemis program that will eventually send astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The gateway will …
New Mars mission sends back first photo of the Red Planet
The second Mars mission arriving at Mars this month is the ‘Hope’ mission launched by the United Arab Emirates. The mission has already reached its …
Cats love murder, but there’s a way you can prevent it
Domestic cats are a massive burden on wildlife around the globe, with birds and small mammals being their two favorite targets. Cats that are allowed …
Researchers may have found a miracle cure for baldness
A team of researchers from Japan might have discovered the cure for baldness. The RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research used stem cells and a …
What if we’re all just Martians?
Despite the incredibly extensive study of the origins of life on Earth, we’re still not sure exactly how our planet’s first life forms were created. …
A new anti-obesity drug is being heralded as a game-changer
The obesity rate in the US has skyrocketed over the last decade and is currently at a record high. Clinical trials involving the drug semaglutide …
NASA says we might find alien pollution before we find aliens
If intelligent alien civilizations exist in space, it’s possible that we may find signs of their existence before we find the aliens themselves. A new …
A Mars orbiter just detected something it’s never seen before
The atmosphere of Mars is thin and, compared to Earth, barely even there at all, but it can still teach us about the history of …
This new Jupiter photo is just plain gorgeous
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting the gas giant Jupiter since 2016, and it’s taken some really fantastic shots of the massive planet along the …
Scientists have discovered the oldest musical instrument on Earth
The history of music goes back a long, long way, and a new discovery in France may be one of the most important discoveries linked …
Astronomers discovered our Solar System’s most-distant object – and gave it the laziest name ever
Scientists peering deep into the outer reaches of our Solar System have spotted what is now considered to be the most distant object orbiting our …
NASA’s ‘RainCube’ satellite is now dead
NASA launched a tiny CubeSat in mid-2018 as a proof of concept to study weather on Earth. The aim was to see if compact satellites …
We finally unlocked one of the most puzzling secrets about lightning
Researchers have long studied how lightning works in the hopes of better understanding why it acts the way it does and why it hits some …
Turkish government takes credit for mysterious metal monolith
Months ago, a strange metal monolith found in Utah sparked a worldwide craze with copycats abound. A more recent development, a metal monolith appearing in …
Let’s reel in this talk of a ‘fifth dimension’ for a second
Researchers attempting to solve the problem of dark matter have proposed a particle that can travel to an unseen fifth dimension. The work is entirely …
You won’t believe this incredible galaxy image is real
Countless images of galaxies have been snapped over the decades, but thanks to ever-advancing imaging technology, they just keep getting better and better. A new …
Watch a billion years of Earth’s changes in less than a minute
The Earth as we see it today is the result of billions of years of changes on the surface of the planet. The movement of …
Here’s why Dr. Fauci thinks all of our COVID progress might evaporate soon
As of mid-day Tuesday, the latest coronavirus update for the US shows that more than 27.1 million COVID-19 cases have been identified here since the …
NASA’s Moon Trees are all over the United States – here’s how to find them
During the Apollo 14 mission to the Moon, hundreds of tiny seeds were aboard the Command Module Kitty Hawk. The seeds survived the trip to …
WHO just finished investigating whether the coronavirus escaped from a Wuhan lab
The World Health Organization sent a team of experts to Wuhan to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and it has wrapped up …
Denmark is going to build its own artificial island
The planet desperately needs us to ramp up our clean energy production if we’re going to curb climate change fast enough to prevent calamity. Denmark, …
This is amazing news about the Moderna coronavirus vaccine
Researchers tested the Moderna vaccine candidate against the UK mutation (B.1.1.7) and found that the neutralizing antibodies still work against the new strain. The tests …
50,000-year-old poop reveals secrets of human guts
A long, long time ago — 50,000 years ago, to be exact — some Neanderthals pooped in what is present-day Spain. Recently recovered, the poop …
COVID-19 can cause diabetes and doctors are starting to understand why
Diabetes is a significant risk factor for COVID-19, but doctors warn coronavirus survivors can also develop diabetes after clearing a covid infection. Some researchers think …
