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...
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...
Astronauts do the mannequin challenge in zero gravity
European astronauts took the mannequin challenge to a whole new level. Big was the surprise this Thursday when European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet...
Japan now has a military communications satellite in orbit
Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Kirameki-2 satellite aboard the agency’s H-IIA rocket on Tuesday afternoon. The payload will enhance military communications amid...
Importance of Virtual Realities in Education
VR opens unprecedented opportunities for schools and colleges. From this article, the readers will get to know why teachers value virtual reality so highly.
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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...
2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record
Scientists at NASA recorded the highest heat signatures on the planet last year, in 2016. However, both 2015 and 2014 were also the hottest...
Lake Mead water level shrinks to record low amid ongoing Western...
The vast and beautiful Colorado River Reservoir is expected to shrink due to on-going drought. This is because the surface level at Lake Mead...
Ancient spider fossils reveal details of arachnid evolution
An ancient fossil from the Cretaceous period has been found, and it belongs to an eight-legged arachnid with a tail similar to a scorpion’s...
Winds and Cumulus Clouds Shift ULA’s X-37B Launch to Sunday, SpaceX’s...
Bad weather has forced the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to shift the scheduled launch of the Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Saturday...