“Pull out your ice alternatives,” a scientist whispers within the inky twilight. We’re status on 30 centimeters of ice — a skinny veneer that separates us from the fatal Arctic Ocean beneath — and the ice is trembling. It emits a noisy popping sound as a crack …
SpaceX will fly a major test flight of its Crew Dragon space taxi today (Jan. 19) to prove the spacecraft’s launch escape system can carry astronauts to safety in the event of a rocket emergency. The launch, set for 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) is unlike anything …
A 16-year NASA mission that painted the universe in infrared light will come to an end this month, as the Spitzer Space Telescope takes its final observations on Jan. 29. Spitzer launched in August 2003 as one of NASA’s four Great Observatories, following in …
The European Space Agency has finally discovered what went wrong during the descent of the Huygens probe it sent to Saturn’s moon Titan as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission launched in 1997. Both the Cassini and the Huygens missions were …
Later today, planet Earth will be buzzed by a huge asteroid, one thought to be so large that it could potentially dwarf the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The formidable space rock will get relatively close to our planet, shooting past the terrestrial surface from …
Glaciers will vanish from the Pyrenees mountain range within the next 30 years because of climate change and pollution, scientists have warned. Glaciers have already shrunk by half in the past 20 years in the mountains on the border between France and …
A high school student who had an internship with NASA has discovered a rare exoplanet orbiting two stars. Scarsdale High School student Wolf Cukier, 17, an intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, made the discovery while …
Scientists have recently found what is believed to be the oldest material ever found on Earth. Astronomers, astrophysicists and other scientists dedicated to discovering all they can about the origins of the Earth and stars got a big boost recently, when …
New York, Jan 19 (IANS) There is no ‘Tony Soprano mob boss type’ who is ordering cybercrime against financial institutions globally, say researchers, adding that there are no such thing as organized crime mafias to date. Cybercrime groups function and …
These are images capturing the 2017 fireball from different angles and a map showing where the cameras were located. Credit: Naoj/Kasuga et al. At around 1 a.m. local standard time on April 29, 2017, a fireball flew over Kyoto, Japan. Compared to other …