Paleontologists have identified an entirely new squid-like creature from the Jurassic from a pair of fossils recovered from the floor of an ancient inland sea in Wyoming. They say it is one of the “thickest known species” of its prehistoric group. Wyoteuthis linsterorum is the name of the species, in recognition of the experienced fossil … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin prepare to build a base on the Moon NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman recently shared an update on the launch of Artemis III indicating that the agency is on track to conduct docking exercises with the lunar lander Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin next year. … Read more
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On October 25, 1671, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon on Saturn! Iapetus was the second moon anyone had found orbiting Saturn, and it was the first of four moons Cassini would discover on the ringed planet. Dutch … Read more
Charred coffee grounds could make concrete up to 30 percent stronger, scientists in Australia have discovered. Your clever recipe could solve multiple problems at once. Each year, the world produces about 10 billion kilograms (22 billion pounds) of coffee waste, most of which ends up in landfills. published in 2023. With a booming construction market … Read more
Move away from the fire and you’ll expect to feel cooler. But something very strange happens with the Sun. The Sun’s outer atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its visible surface. Where does the energy behind that difference come from? The visible surface is around 5,500 °C, while the outer atmosphere, called the corona, … Read more
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The October full moon rises tonight! Here’s everything you need to know about the “Hunter’s Moon,” including where to see it, how it got its name, and other tricks of light and mind that could conspire to create a truly … Read more
Astronomers have discovered three actively feeding supermassive black holes in a single galaxy more than 12.5 billion light years from Earth. The discovery, made by an international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), offers a rare glimpse into how huge black holes grew and interacted during the early stages … Read more
Pentagon confirms US weapons deployed in space in major revelation Peter Doocy reports on the Pentagon’s public confirmation of US space weapons. Former NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore joins to discuss the growing space arms race. Wilmore discusses the strategic importance of controlling the exoatmosphere and explains the challenges of kinetic and non-kinetic weaponry as Russia … Read more
October’s full moon will grace the sky this weekend, and those with a keen eye will also be able to catch a glimpse of Saturn. Just one month after the fall equinox, the full moon will rise particularly early, becoming visible at dusk and reaching maximum illumination at 12:12 a.m. ET on Monday, October 26, … Read more
In author and computer engineer Liu Cixin’s science fiction hit, The Three-Body Problem, three suns throw a doomed world into chaos. Chinese astronomers say they have found a real three-star system that behaves much better. Using FAST, the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope in southwest China, researchers found two dead and one “living” stars locked … Read more