Female Mathematician Receives Highest NGS Award for Role in Space Exploration
Katherine Johnson, a female mathematician, whose calculations made space exploration possible will posthumously receive the National Geographic Society Hubbard medal for 2020. This is coming...
Humanity is closer to creating semi-synthetic life forms
A group of researchers from China, France, and the United States has managed to successfully insert genetic code into E. coli microbes, which essentially...
NASA finds water deposit on Mars, the size of Lake Superior
Researchers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found an ice deposit hidden beneath the surface of Mars, a report published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Prepare for the Great American Eclipse: Map and suggestions
Exactly one year from today on Monday, on August 21, 2017, 12 states of the United States will be able to experience the first...
Lie detector test proves Buzz Aldrin saw aliens in space
Buzz Aldrin, NASA’s second man on the moon has passed a lie detector test proving that he says the truth when it comes to...
Western Antarctica glaciers are swiming on hot water and melting faster...
New studies reveal West Antarctica is melting faster than ever, making it difficult for the glacier to replenish itself. Scientists from the University of California...
SpaceX to launch a rocket carrying ten satellites into orbit
On Wednesday morning, SpaceX provided a new update on the state of its September accident, saying the company would resume launch of its rockets...
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...
Obama pays $500M to climate change fund, still owes $2B
The U.S. government paid $500 million to the United Nations Green Climate Fund on Tuesday. The contribution made through the State Department could be the last of...
KIC 8462852, the star that can expand the known universe
A new study posted today on arXiv describes the results of a new photometric analysis of the star KIC 8462852. Carnegie Institute astronomer Joshua...