Asteroid 16 Psyche is easy to find this evening as it moves a less than two degrees north of Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull.
The strange, metallic…
In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) short after an astronaut had a medical issue.
The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth…
For roughly 10,000 years, farming communities have improved their crops by saving seeds from plants with the best flavor, size, and toughness. This slow and careful process shaped nearly every fruit and vegetable found in grocery stores today….
There are some Really Big Things coming up in the world of exoplanets in 2026. Sadly, they’re not until the tail end of the year – tough for someone like me who struggles with patience.
True story: as a child, I’d get so excited about my…
There are some Really Big Things coming up in the world of exoplanets in 2026. Sadly, they’re not until the tail end of the year – tough for someone like me who struggles with patience.
True story: as a child, I’d get so excited about my…
Around 445 million years ago, Earth underwent a dramatic transformation that reshaped the future of life. In a remarkably short geological period, massive glaciers spread across the southern supercontinent Gondwana. As ice locked up water, vast…
Researchers have found a strain of phage-resistant bacteria that can help sink Carbon to the bottom of the ocean.
The discovery sheds light on the constant battle between phage viruses as they try to infect bacteria, and the bacteria that try to…
Using the Age of Exploration as a metaphor, Tianqiao Chen, founder of Shanda Group and TCCI, says humanity is entering a new era of biological enhancement. He advocates a shift from a “therapeutic” to an “evolutionary” paradigm, and calls…
We’re now in the last lunar phase before the New Moon, which means we’re almost at the end of this lunar cycle. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, during which the Moon completes a…
We’re now in the last lunar phase before the New Moon, which means we’re almost at the end of this lunar cycle. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, during which the Moon completes a…