Under the oversight and safety of the Israeli Space Agency, a team of six – five men and one woman – have begun simulating what it will be like to live for about a month on the red planet. Underneath ...
The Northern Lights are one of the most popular natural wonders on the planet. Millions of people every year travel to the northernmost reaches of the globe to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. Many people ...
Astronomy never ceases to amaze us. With every month that passes, discoveries emerge in the field. The more we learn about our nature, the more we grow as individuals. Exoplanets (planets from other solar systems) have been theorized long ago, ...
Earth and every living organism on it are impacted by all of the plastic waste we are producing. The volume of non-biodegradable materials discarded after use is on the rise, meaning that specialists are constantly looking for new ways of ...
A geomagnetic storm is due to strike the planet and can disrupt power and satellites. The spatial surveillance organization of the American Government has cautioned the public that a geomagnetic storm may occur instead of a solar storm. The solar wind ...
In the American Southwest, old footmarks have been uncovered, and this has great consequences for the North American history of mankind. Researchers uncovered footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park dated around 23,000 years ago, and they provide proof that people were longer ...
Reservoir computing is one of the most widespread types of AI that scientists have access to currently. A recent study revealed a new way of making it nearly a million times faster at carrying out specific tasks. That is very ...
Microplastics are present everywhere in our world. If you have any doubt about that, then you might be surprised to learn that even the icy plains of Antarctica have been affected by plastic-related garbage, though you don’t see people too ...
We often hear about comparisons between Mars and Earth, but the differences between the two planets go beyond the fact that one has life and the other doesn’t (or at least that’s the official status.) A recent study claims that ...
When we hear the term “extraterrestrial life”, the first thing we imagine is represented by little green men with big black eyes. But aliens could be the size of microbes and in much more different forms than any of us ...
Spending an extended period of time in space isn’t exactly our idea of fun. It can become more demanding for the human body than we can imagine, even if the astronaut is an experienced one. According to Space.com, NASA is ...
Elon Musk’s company is preparing to send four civilians into space today, making them the first four nonprofessional astronauts to leave our planet. The departure will take place in a couple of hours, and the mission’s name is Inspiration4. Behind ...
The clock created by Jun Ye from the University of Colorado would need around 15 billion years to miss only one second—about the age of the world itself. For this innovation, together with Hidetoshi Katori from Japan, the Chinese-American researcher will receive 3 million as co-winners ...
Have you ever wished to hold the whole world in your own pocket? Luckily for you, this is now possible. The most extensive and most accurate virtual world ever developed is not available. The simulation was named Uchuu, which translates ...
It might sound incredible, but there are still a lot of people out there who believe that our world is not a sphere-shaped planet. Those conspiracy theorists firmly believe that NASA and all the other space agencies are lying to ...
Remnants of a sizeable new fossil species that belongs to an ancient animal group were discovered in the Kootenay National Parkby researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum. The fossils were found in rock that was half a billion years old. The results ...
A lot of animals feature incredible characteristics and capabilities that we would all like to have. Whether we’re talking about flying, breathing underwater, having more physical strength, or more – humans are incapable of them. According to the BBC, some ...
The staff from Russia’s ISS module observed smoke and the burnt plastic smell when smoke detectors began to ring. The event took happened at 01:55 GMT in the Zvezda module on Thursday at Roscosmos Space Agency, where the batteries of this ...
Giant stars often burst as supernovae once the fuel is running out. Still, scientists are looking for other types of starbursts to help comprehend our universe’s richness. Recent data from the Very Largely Array Sky Survey were utilized in new ...
Many cat lovers will often describe their pet as a bit of a prick, albeit jokingly. However, each cat owner can tell you that their dear cat has its own, very individual personality. However, that was put under a big ...
The feelings of joy, satisfaction, and even love have a lot to do with various chemicals doing their thing in our brains. Dopamine is one of the chemicals that make us have the feeling of contempt as soon as we ...
In order to make gadgets smaller and smaller, engineers must create small yet extremely robust tools for the manufacture of devices. One group hopes to have designs inspired by nature itself by examining some of the strongest cutting instruments there ...
The team behind NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recently announced that it managed to successfully acquire its first Martian rock. The announcement was accompanied by a September 1 image of the long, uneven, dusty Martian rock within its sample tube. ...
CRISPR genetic manipulation has a similar parallel in which molecular scissors are used, and selected portions of DNA are cut. This comparison is a favorite of Stanley Qi, bioengineering assistant professor at Stanford. “CRISPR can be as simple as a ...
The worldwide pandemic has been affecting people everywhere at various levels, from entry-level workers to the most advanced scientists. One of the main reasons why that is so is the fact that the travel restrictions, limitations, and even people getting ...