[ad_1] The discovery of a dinosaur that wore a heart in the tail was also revealed, and scientists now believe that Ultima Thule is more of a space pancake than a snowman. Here's the news of space and science that you may have missed in the mad race for everything chocolate and roses this week. … Read more
[ad_1] Scientists have spotted a hole never seen before under the Antarctic ice. The cavity measures 984 feet in height and about two-thirds the size of Manhattan. This is a sign that this part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting faster than the experts thought. The Antarctic is surrounded by an ice floe of … Read more
[ad_1] By Tony Rice, WRAL contributor More than 1,000 orders have been sent since the Opportunity rover, the size of a golf cart, is you, June 10, 2018, a victim of a historic global storm that has submerged March. NASA said the mission was completed at a press conference on Feb. 13 at the Jet … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, is working diligently on an extremely ambitious project: permanently installing people on Mars. To help realize this vision, Musk is developing a massive, fully reusable launch system called Starship. The spacecraft is designed as a 180-foot-tall spacecraft that will launch into orbit over Super Heavy, a … Read more
[ad_1] <div _ngcontent-c14 = "" innerhtml = " If you've ever searched for man on the moon, photographer Andrew McCarthy's 81-megapixel image is your best bet for finding it.Andrew McCarthy A California astronomer provided the world with a startling glimpse of 2028, when NASA hopes to send astronauts back to the moon. "stay." The 81-megapixel … Read more
[ad_1] NASA and other space agencies around the world have accomplished some really amazing things in space, but the price to pay for these adventures is huge, not just financially. The space around the Earth is now cluttered with what is lovingly called "space debris" – pieces of rockets, long dead satellites and other debris … Read more
[ad_1] Bright spots of light near a newborn star.Image: ESA / Hubble / NASA, K. Stapelfeldt By Mark Kaufman2019-02-17 16:19:53 UTC When a star is born, a chaotic light show follows. NASA's long-standing Hubble Space Telescope has captured bright, bright clusters moving into the cosmos about 1,000 light-years from Earth. The space agency has described … Read more
[ad_1] New tissues grown in laboratories could be a viable alternative to materials that currently dump large amounts of plastic into the world's oceans. Synthetic textiles such as polyester are sustainable substitutes for natural fabrics such as wool and cotton, but they also contribute to the trillions of microplastics that cover the world's oceans. There … Read more
[ad_1] Nearly a year in space has put the immune system of astronaut Scott Kelly in a state of alert and has changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his identical twin linked to the Earth, announced Friday researchers. Scientists do not know if the changes were positive or negative, but the … Read more
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Florida – Experts say a fireball crossing the night sky over central Florida this week was a big meteor. Spalding Allsky's camera network director, Dwayne Free, said the meteor was one foot wide and exploded over the Atlantic Ocean with a force equal to 100 tons of TNT. Florida Today reports that the … Read more