After British Columbia’s Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires
NASA just released a series of satellite images that show the wildfires currently raging in British Columbia's interior.
Wally Funk From the Mercury 13 Will be Joining Jeff Bezos on his Flight to the Edge of Space
Wally Funk, a pioneer in the field of aerospace and a member of the Mercury 13 program, will be accompanying…
We Might Know why There’s so Little Antimatter in the Universe
Surprising findings sometimes come in small packages. And sometimes those small packages have to be delivered by very big systems. …
Chinese Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Outside the new Station
Spacewalks are a relatively rare occurrence, and they normally draw at least a moderate amount of media coverage. So when…
There are Probably Many More Earth-Sized Worlds Than Previously Believed
In the past decade, the discovery of extrasolar planets has accelerated immensely. To date, 4,424 exoplanets have been confirmed in…
The Streetlights in an Entire County Were Swapped to LEDs. Light Pollution got Worse
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” - this famous paraphrase of Scottish poet Robert Burns…
Multiple Earth-Mass Rogue Planets Have Been Discovered Drifting Through the Milky Way
Last year we reported on how the Roman Space Telescope’s backers hoped it would be able to detect rogue planets…
Cassini Saw Methane in Enceladus’ Plumes. Scientists Don’t Know How it Could be There Without Life
Even though the Cassini mission at Saturn ended nearly four years ago, data from the spacecraft still keeps scientists busy.…
Tales of a ‘Drunken Comet’- Astronomers Detect Alcohol Leaking From 46P/Wirtanen into Space
A close pass of Comet Wirtanen in 2018, offered researchers an unprecedented opportunity.
Researchers Have Taught a Drone to Recognize and Hunt Down Meteorites Autonomously
Planetary scientists estimate that each year, about 500 meteorites survive the fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere and fall to our…