Category: 7. Science

In 2015, a team of scientists began digging through frozen cliffs in Spitsbergen. The location was remote, the work was exhausting, and the expectations were modest. Then, a pattern of bones started to appear – dense, layered, and strangely…

Robert Hunziker 

Antarctica has moved to “the front of the line” as a global warming threat that’s already well beyond expectations, and it’s happening fast. Based upon statements by polar scientists over the past 18 months, it warrants a…

A NASA affiliated study analyzed lettuce grown on the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong II. It found that the crop carries about 30 percent less calcium than Earth lettuce.

This matters because crews headed for Mars will live on…

Heads up stargazers! The Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight, bringing a flurry of shooting stars to the night sky as Earth passes through the trail of debris shed by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.

The Leonid meteor shower is active from Nov. 3 to Dec 2…

For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as the solar storms that graced the night skies with…

For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as the solar storms…