2019-03-01
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An Earth-Like Planet has been Found Orbiting the Closest Star to Earth — So Close Will Soon be able to Reach It!
August 26, 2016Astronomers with the Pale Red Dot Project have announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star closest to Earth. The newfound planet, currently called "Proxima b", has the fortune of being 1.3 times the mass of... continued
Native Alaskan Village Forced to Move due to Climate Change
August 24, 2016The erosion of the shoreline of Alaska's Sarichef Island from rising sea levels has prompted the residents of the island's village of Shishmaref to decide to relocate, before their traditional island home is overcome by the sea. Home to 650... continued
China’s ‘Quantum Satellite’ to Provide Hack-Proof Communication Network
August 24, 2016On August 1, China launched their Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. This satellite, a joint Austrian-Chinese collaboration, is intended to facilitate long-distance experiments in quantum optics, to allow... continued
Global Warming may Uncover Secret Army Base in Greenland — Including its Cache of Toxic Waste
August 23, 2016In 1960, the United States Army launched a program called "Project Iceworm", a plan to build launch sites for nuclear missiles under the northern Greenland ice sheet, to provide the missiles with closer access to the Soviet Union. To test... continued
And You Thought You Were Old: Greenland Sharks can Live to at Least 400 Years
August 19, 2016A new study on the lifespan of the Greenland shark has established that this fish may be the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth. While marine biologists have long suspected that this species of shark had a long lifespan -- one individual,... continued
New Findings Overturn Long-Standing Theory on Human Migration into the Americas
August 18, 2016First posited by the 16th century Spanish naturalist, José de Acosta, it has been a long-standing theory that the indigenous human populations in North and South America arrived there at the end of the last ice age, via the Bering... continued
Mind-Controlled Exoskeletons Help Paraplegics Regain Control of their Limbs
August 17, 2016One of the more positive aspects of the development of brain-machine interfaces -- the technology of linking mind and mechanism -- is the promise of allowing paralyzed individuals to regain their mobility through controlling machines via their thoughts. While there... continued
Various Species’ Shared DNA may be the Key to Regenerating Lost Limbs
August 15, 2016Earth is a treasure trove of biodiversity, with over 8.7 million known species alive today, and that only represents an estimated 20 percent of all of the existing species that currently exist. But despite the sheer diversity of lifeforms, be... continued
Massive Flooding along Gulf Coast
August 14, 2016A flood of historic proportions could inundate parts of the Gulf Coast over the next 48 hours. The region has already received record amounts of rainfall, and flooding has killed at least one person and caused enormous amounts of damage... continued
This Week’s Astronomy News: The Stars are Dimming, The Sky is Falling, and Io’s Atmosphere is Collapsing
August 13, 2016Last fall, researchers with the Kepler Planet Hunters program announced that one of the stars they were studying, KIC 8462852, was experiencing brief but dramatic dips in its brightness, leading to speculation that the effect might be caused by extraterrestrial... continued