NASA to send a helicopter to Mars
Not content with rovers, NASA’s next Mars mission will include a helicopter that will be the first human craft to fly around another planet and...
Category Archives: Science & Space
Analyst calls US bluff on imminent test of ‘DEATH RAY’ with ‘tiny’ budget
The Pentagon wants $300 million to experiment with a space-based direct energy weapon for intercepting ballistic missiles –...
Long missions risk activating herpes virus, NASA warns astronauts
NASA has warned its astronauts and International Space Station crews that long spaceflight missions risk triggering herpes eruptions...
A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality
Back in 1961, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Eugene Wigner outlined a thought experiment that demonstrated one of the lesser-known paradoxes of quantum mechanics. The experiment...
NASA to open untouched moon samples for 1st time since Apollo missions
NASA has selected nine teams to study untouched moon samples brought back to Earth by the Apollo 15,...
Bezos, Bloomberg and Gates back revolutionary exploration tech
A new startup backed by several tech heavyweights is using revolutionary big data analytics to find new, ethical...
Mini ‘cheetah’ robot learns to do backflips & withstand kicks….
A “virtually indestructible” four-legged robot capable of backflips and righting itself after being knocked over has come out of an MIT lab, and it wants...
Red dwarf’s light show baffles astronomers
A star’s drastic dimming has sparked intrigue among astronomers due to the strange manner in which it faded....
Mice given ‘night vision’ superpower with simple injection
Have you ever wanted to be able to see in the dark? Scientists have managed to give mice...
US Air Force turns to sci-fi classics for program names
The US Air Force may be better known for its warplanes, bombs, and missiles than its geeky wit,...
Staggering discovery reveals moon lies INSIDE Earth’s atmosphere
The Earth’s atmosphere is much bigger than previously thought, extending far beyond the Moon, a team of scientists have revealed. The amazing discovery was made...
‘Crazy, methane-based’ alien life could exist on Titan’s surface
A NASA planetary scientist tasked with discovering life in our solar system’s ‘Ocean Worlds’ has put forward the...
Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a...
From the Cosmos to the Clinic: A New Type of DNA Is Created
A, G, T and C are quite possibly the most famous letters of the alphabet (if you are a biologist at least) and make up...
Teen builds working nuclear fusion reactor in Memphis home
Some kids spend their time on social media, other kids spend their time playing video games. When it...
Trump signs directive to create not-so-‘equal’ Space Force as part of Air Force
US President Donald Trump has signed a policy directive officially establishing a Space Force, a sixth branch of...
Hawaii land board approves to build world’s largest telescope atop Mauna Kea summit
A plan by California and Canadian universities to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano won approval from the...
Beijing blasts US report on China & Russia ‘weaponizing’ space : Not US Property
A new US intelligence report portraying Moscow and Beijing as trying to bring warfare into the heavens has...
Bright fireball over Venezuela caught on video, prompts ‘meteor’ suggestions
Footage of a bright light in the night skies of Venezuela has appeared on various social media accounts,...
NASA announces plans to return to the Moon for good
NASA’s chief has laid out the space agency’s ambitious plan to go back to the Moon next year...
Scientists figure out how to build future space stations inside asteroids
Future off-planet exploration may rely on space stations built inside enormous asteroids, thanks to new research. The move would both counter the ill effects of...
NASA satellite mysteriously goes silent after flying past Mars
NASA’s “WALL-E” satellite has mysteriously gone silent after zooming past Mars and the government space agency isn’t sure...
Scientists reveal true shape of Milky Way: It’s warped & twisted
The Milky Way looks nothing like the flat space pancake it is usually depicted as. The newly-created and...
NOAA Has Updated the North and South Magnetic Pole Locations
This image is only up to 2010 time-frame but you can see the history of the shift Some Background: The Earth has several poles, not...