2019-03-01
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Three Suns, a Dwarf Planet, and Juno: The Latest in Astronomy News
July 20, 2016An exoplanet 320 light-years from Earth has been found in a trinary star system, photographed by the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. Aside from having the distinction of being one of mere handful of exoplanets that have been directly... continued
China’s Tiangong-1 Space Station Could Plummet to Earth in an Uncontrolled Reentry
July 18, 2016An Asian studies expert and amateur satellite tracker have voiced their concerns over the possibility that China’s Tiangong-1 space station may be de-orbiting without control from the ground. The station, launched in 2011, was a temporary testbed for the technologies... continued
June Sets New Temperature Records in the U.S., Amid Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters
July 17, 2016The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that June of 2016 was the hottest month of June on record for the contiguous United States, since temperature records began in 1880. The average temperature seen in the Lower 48 over... continued
Researchers Build a Hybrid Machine-Animal Stingray
July 15, 2016Researchers at Harvard University have built a light-sensitive, self-propelled artificial machine-organism, in the form of a tiny robot stingray. The project was done in an effort to test the feasibility of making hybrid replacement organs for human patients, such as... continued
Giving a New Meaning to the Term “New Moon”: Earth has a Second Satellite
July 14, 2016Whitley's book 2012: The War For Souls involved the inter-dimensional invasion of a parallel Earth that had a number of marked differences from our own, including one departure where that Earth had two moons. However, as life sometimes imitates art,... continued
Mystery Booms Plague the City of Alhambra, CA
July 13, 2016Adding to the ongoing reports of mystery sounds being heard around the world, the city of Alhambra, California, has been plagued by the sounds of mysterious explosions since February of this year. To date, emergency services have received 114 reports... continued
fMRI Software Bug may Invalidate 40,000 Medical Studies
July 11, 2016One of medical science's indispensable diagnostic and research tools over the past quarter-century has been functional magnetic resonance imaging technology, or fMRI. This is a non-invasive imaging technique that makes use of strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce... continued
New Exoplanet Photographed from 1,200 Light-Years Away
July 9, 2016In another first for modern astronomy, astronomers at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile have produced what may the first direct photograph of an exoplanet that is orbiting a star that has another previously-known planet that was... continued
Fossilized Evidence of Agriculture Dates Back to more than 25 Million Years Ago
July 8, 2016It's sometimes easy to forget that as humans, we're not the only technologically-capable species present on Earth at the moment: many of our animal brethren make and use tools to shape their immediate environment, such as birds building nests as... continued
The Caribbean Sea Resonates Like a Giant Whistle
July 6, 2016As more and more of our little blue home is explored, it reveals even more layers from the endless depths of the secrets it holds, and the songs it sings. Or as it is in the case of the Caribbean... continued