The War in Space is Heating Up, According to the US Space Force
US government-owned satellites are facing attacks from Chinese and Russian forces “every single day,” according to the newly-formed US Space Force’s second-in-command, General David Thompson. Although he describes the attacks as “reversible”, meaning the attacks don’t cause any permanent damage to the satellites, Thompson says that the pace of the attacks is
A Prophecy Fulfilled: The Return of Bison to a Canadian Park Uncovers Ancient First Nations Petroglyphs
A herd of bison recently re-introduced to an indigenous cultural park in Canada has uncovered a series of long-forgotten petroglyphs created at least a millennium ago by one of the many indigenous groups that frequented the area at the time, fulfilling a long-standing prophecy that if the bison were to
Russia’s Recent Destruction of its own Spy Satellite Endangered the ISS
Russia recently destroyed a defunct intelligence satellite, on November 15, 2021– with an anti-satellite missile. This created a debris cloud that encroached on the International Space Station, an alert that prompted its seven crew members to prepare for a potential impact. Although the scenario closely resembles the setup for the
Heavily-mutated Omicron Declared a “Variant of Concern”, Already Detected on Four Continents
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 Omicron variant a “variant of concern”, citing an unusually large number of mutations present in the new strain’s genetic structure. Pockets of the SARS-CoV-2 variant, previously identified as B.1.1.529, have been identified in Africa, Asia and Europe, and has health officials worried that this
NASA’s DART Is on Its Way To Smash Into an Asteroid
On November 24, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, a test to determine if an asteroid that might pose an impact risk to Earth could be redirected before it comes close to hitting us. However, the DART probe won’t be gathering data for scientists on Earth to
