Watch: Elon Musk details SpaceX’s Mars plans
Elon Musk is set to take the stage this Friday at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, South Australia, to share updates about the...
JWST Discovers Carbon-Dioxide in Exoplanet Outside Our Solar System
The James Web Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in an exoplanet outside our solar system. Named the WASP-39b, the exoplanet is 700 light-years...
NASA: Get ready for the August 21 total solar eclipse
On Thursday, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the partial solar eclipse that was visible in the United States that afternoon. Millions of people...
This Lithium-Ion battery has a built in fire extinguisher
A research team from Stanford University released a document detailing their experiments with the flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (or TPP). They plan to include...
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...
New Energy guidelines: Politicians can’t pressure scientists
A new set of scientific integrity guidelines, announced today, wants to give researchers more leeway in their communications with the media as a way...
Hidden void discovered in Khufu’s Great Pyramid of Giza
An international team of scientists has discovered an unknown, large void on the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, also known as Khufu’s Pyramid....
KIC 8462852: The alien hypothesis should be the last resort
Unusual brightness changes of the star KIC 8462852 continues to baffle astronomers and scientists alike. They have proposed several hypotheses to explain the mysterious...
New software helps robot to cut through clutter obstacle
Clutter that is the biggest hurdle faced by any robot during its functioning has finally been resolved. A new software designed by the engineers...
Opportunity Mars Rover set for last missions to find water
NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover is ready for the last two years of its mission after it spent the month of October studying the rich...