Science

I guess the Force was with us: In the early morning hours of May 4, a small asteroid 3-6 meters* opposite passed from Earth, passing our world only 7000 kilometers – only for the radius of the Earth itself! It passed so close to us that its orbit was significantly altered by Earth’s gravity. Before you panicked, at this diameter …

The artist’s concept for WASP-79b, a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet 780 light-years from Earth. New research shows that the planet has a yellow sky instead of blue, as expected. Image by NASA / ESA / L. Hustak (STScI) / Hubblesite. The earth is beautiful and sometimes we can take it for granted that we can look up and see a deep …

The artist’s concept for WASP-79b, a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet 780 light-years from Earth. New research shows that the planet has a yellow sky instead of blue, as expected. Image by NASA / ESA / L. Hustak (STScI) / Hubblesite. The earth is beautiful and sometimes we can take it for granted that we can look up and see a deep …

Android users have options similar to those on iOS, with a choice between the built-in camera app and third-party software. Here’s a step-by-step guide to both methods: Take a photo of the moon in the Android’s built-in camera: Each version of Android may be slightly different, as the operating system can be customized by individual phone manufacturers, so instructions may …

A segment of fossils showing fish caught (brownish colored flakes) with the arms of a cephalopod wrapped around it. Image: Malcolm Hart, Proceedings of the Association of Geologists A repeated analysis of the fossils discovered in England in the 19th century reveals that he depicts 200-a million-year scene in which a squid-like creature still clings to its prey. The fossil …

Last year, scientists announced that the Earth’s magnetic north pole was moving to Siberia at an unusually fast rate and could not explain why. It had moved so far, so fast, there had to be an unplanned update to the World Magnetic Model (WMM), the Earth’s magnetic field representation used in navigation systems around the world. In a study published …

For most outer space engineers, a rocket engine explosion is a disaster. But Karim Ahmed is everything. As director of the University of Central Florida’s Energy and Energy Research Laboratory, Ahmed has spent the last few years developing a next-generation rocket engine that uses controlled explosions to boost things in space. It’s called a rotary-detonation engine and promises to make …

N.an avalanche of hundreds of miles in Antarctica at the end of 2018, American Colin O’Brady reached a memorable landmark: the South Pole. It was just a waypoint on the way to O’Brady’s pursuit – the first of its kind unassisted, unsupported solo crossing the continent. Even so, when it got south, it was time for a makeshift celebration. He …

Exceptional Tom Cruise receives valuable advice on outer space before filming aboard the International Space Station, and famous astronauts say de-icing toilet science is super important !!! Retired astronauts Scott Kelly and Roy Bridges, Jr. tell TMZ … Tom will go through many workouts before blasting to the ISS. This may sound like a joke, but they agree that John …

Artistic restoration of Deinonychus antirrhopus, Credit: Fred Wierum Turns out, you really can’t believe everything you see in the movies. A new analysis by the University of Wisconsin Oshchet on the teeth of rake birds published in a peer-reviewed journal Paleogeography, paleoclimatology, paleoecology it shows, that velociraptors and their kindred probably did not hunt in large, coordinated packs of dogs. …