[ad_1] (Newser) – The bugs were about the same time as T. Rex. This is one of the surprising discoveries on the pest revealed in a new study of Current Biology. The researchers generally found that bed bugs were no older than bats – which date back to about 60 million years – as they … Read more
[ad_1] Scary ice losses are spreading rapidly in the interior of Antarctica, according to the latest satellite data analysis. The warming of the Southern Ocean is causing the Antarctic glaciers to melt faster and faster. And the ice is now losing five times faster than in the 90s. The Western Antarctic ice cap was stable … Read more
[ad_1] Image credit – China National Space Administration The hidden face of the moon is not just the name of a 70's Pink Floyd album. It's also a goal of several space organizations who want to know if the moon's side we can not see will be different. China had already shown interest and early … Read more
[ad_1] NASA's New Horizons mission team has released the results of the first flyby of the Kuiper belt. She explores the mysterious formation of Ultima Thule and gives details of her ancient past. The New Horizons Science Paper, published May 17 in Science, analyzed the first sets of data collected during the 2019 New Year … Read more
[ad_1] A huge 1,280-foot asteroid will buzz planet Earth tomorrow, followed by a 206-foot-smaller space rock on Monday morning. Planet Earth was buzzed by a fairly large space rock on Saturday. Known as the Asteroid 2019 JR1, our heavenly visitor has swept over what astronomers call a "near-Earth approach", located a few million kilometers from … Read more
[ad_1] Last week, Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, unveiled the new lunar lander of his spaceship company, dubbed Blue Moon, and he set out a broad and bold vision of the future of the future. 39, humanity in space. Faced with the limits of resources here on Earth, mainly energy, he evoked life in space as … Read more
[ad_1] King's pectoral contained pieces of glass formed by a meteorite impact. Credit: Shutterstock About 29 million years ago, the sands of the western Egyptian desert melted and created tiny pieces of canary yellow glass, some of which finished decorating the chestpiece of King Tut. This natural glass, found over thousands of square kilometers in … Read more
[ad_1] NASA is seriously starting to return to the moon. Earlier this week, they asked more money from Congress to continue to develop the required vehicle technology and this week they are launching several months of testing prototypes of habitats in far – flung spaces. The space agency will test five unique models presented by … Read more
[ad_1] Left: Beresheet crash site. Right: Comparison of the images taken before and after the crash, improved to show the subtle changes in the brightness of the surface. NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University SpaceIL's Beresheet spacecraft may have not yet passed the last obstacle to landing on the Moon, but it can still … Read more
[ad_1] The robot and one of his companions, Honey, went to the station on April 17. Once in service, the Astrobee robots will actually become Airborne Roombas. They will check to what extent the robots can handle daily maintenance and assist the crew. Ideally, future robots will take care of these tedious tasks so that … Read more