NASA and Orbital ATK to develop space tech for future missions
On Tuesday, Orbital ATK announced a new partnership with NASA to develop a Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services (CIRAS) project in space....
Researchers Discover 2,000-Year-Old Ceremonial Chariot Buried Under Volcanic Ash in Pompeii
Researchers have unearthed a 2,000-year-old ceremonial chariot that was buried in volcanic ash in Pompeii in southern Italy. The buried chariot was made of bronze and...
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...
Asteroid 2014 JO25 will safely fly by Earth on April 19
Space agencies and astronomers around the world will set their sights on the night sky on Wednesday, April 19, as Asteroid 2014 JO25 safely...
NOAA’s GOES-16 Lighting Mapper sends back first images
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has released the first images from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument on the agency’s Geostationary Environmental...
Scientists create fake news ‘vaccine’ against misinformation
A group of scientists from Cambridge, Yale, and George Mason University has developed a ‘vaccine’ to combat fake news. Results of their study show...
Study says smart people tend to like mean jokes
Ulrike Willinger and a team of researchers from the Medical University of Vienna conducted a study to find out whether there is a relation...
Orangutan discovery overshadowed by impending extinction
A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and Liverpool John Moores University in the U.K. announced the discovery of a new great...
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...
What is a super moon, and why is it special in...
Next Monday, astronomy enthusiasts around the world will be able to witness November's full moon, which like its October predecessor, will occur at a...