NASA’s Peggy Whitson arrives at ISS, becomes oldest female astronaut
On Saturday, the Soyuz capsule carrying the astronauts Oleg Novitskiy, Thomas Pesquet, and Peggy Whitson arrived and docked at the International Space Station. With...
NASA vortex coronagraph images baby worlds forming from dust
The new NASA’s vortex coronagraph, used at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has recently imaged the new planet formed from the young...
New lithium-glass battery could have saved Samsung Billions
A team of University of Texas engineers, led by Professor John Goodenough, has developed a new lithium-glass battery that could displace current lithium-ion standards....
Study: prolonged space flights affect sight and the brain
Medical researchers published a study about the effects of spaceflight on astronaut brain structure this Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Their...
New Horizon explains why Pluto’s biggest moon has red spots
The big red patch of Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, is no longer a mystery. The red soil came from a nearby source: Pluto. When...
Scientists worry Trump’s policies will stall progress
The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking place this weekend, and thousands of scientists will rally...
Foremost Mathematician and Quantum Physicist, Freeman Dyson, Dies At 96
Freeman John Dyson, a foremost mathematician, and quantum physicist is dead. He died in a hospital near Princeton in New Jersey on Friday. He...
NASA says 2 moons in the Milky Way probably have Alien...
NASA scientists leading the Cassini mission to Saturn’s moons have found evidence of hydrothermal vents lying beneath the surface of Enceladus, and it has all...
2018 might have 20 or more big earthquakes, scientists say
American scientists have found a correlation between the Earth’s rotation speed and the ratio of big earthquakes that occur every year. Our planet has...
Scientists pinpoint the source of a Fast Radio Burst
Last Wednesday, The Cornell Chronicle reported that a group of scientists had discovered the source of a mysterious radio signal, a phenomenon known as...