Blue Flower Moon gets up Saturday :: WRAL.com

[ad_1] By Tony Rice, WRAL Contributor / NASA Ambassador The Amerindians of Algonquin called the full moon of May, the moon of flowers. Saturday's full moon can be called the blue-flowered moon. But Saturday is May 18th. If a blue moon is the second full moon of a calendar month and it takes about a … Read more

NASA details the most distant world we've ever seen

[ad_1] The paper, published in Science, contains information on the development, geology and composition of the "planetesimal". As NASA has said before, Ultima Thule has two lobes that make it look like a snowman, although it is actually flattened like a pancake. These two lobes seem to be close together before becoming a pair in … Read more

The "full bloom" rises on Friday

[ad_1] (WDBJ7) – Observers will be able to catch a blue moon on Friday, this one is not your typical blue moon, it's a seasonal blue Moon. The full moon of May is known as the "full moon flower". It takes its name because the flowers are the most abundant during this period. Seasonal blue … Read more

A rocket scientist explains how we could hypothetically move the Earth

[ad_1] In the Chinese science fiction movie The wandering earth, recently published on Netflix, humanity is attempting to alter the Earth's orbit by using huge thrusters to escape the expanding Sun – and to prevent a collision with Jupiter. The scenario may one day become reality. In five billion years, the Sun will run out … Read more

Scientists discover traces of 280 million-year-old dinosaurs in the Grand Canyon

[ad_1] A group of scientists have discovered traces of 280 million-year-old fossils in a remote area of ​​the Grand Canyon, prior to the appearance of the earliest dinosaurs, according to a press release published in the National Park. Grand Canyon. According to the press release, an international team of paleontologists has discovered "extremely well preserved … Read more

Humans and Neanderthals evolved from a common ancestor mystery, a considerable analysis suggests

[ad_1] Here, a cast of a rebuilt Neanderthal skull. Researchers have examined the shape of teeth in Neanderthals, humans and our close relatives to determine when groups have diverged. Credit: Getty Images Modern humans and Neanderthals may have diverged at least 800,000 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 1,000 teeth from humans and … Read more

The construction of an Escherichia coli genome with fewer codon sets records

[ad_1] Over the past decade, decreasing costs of chemical synthesis of DNA and improved methods of assembling DNA fragments have allowed researchers to extend the synthetic biology in the generation of chromosomes and whole genomes. Until now, synthetic DNA has been constructed with one million base pairs, including a set of yeast chromosomes. Saccharomyces cerevisiae … Read more