The SS-520 rocket stopped transmitting signals to the operations center just 20 seconds post-liftoff. It came into being as a likely transporter of mini-satellites, which enjoys growing interest in the space industry.
It was “one of the longest and most exhaustive investigations” in FBI history – and to this day remains the only unsolved skyjacking in the United States.
A group of scientists is gathering today in the U.K. to discuss a slab of ice that’s cracking in Antarctica. The crack could soon split off a frozen chunk the size of Delaware.
As a life-long, avid Sims player, I was pretty excited to hear about NASA Science Investigations: Plant Growth. Released last month, the educational app lets you zoom around the International Space Station (ISS), complete various astronaut tasks, and …
SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage successfully soft lands on drone ship stationed in the Pacific Ocean off California coast after launching on Jan. 14, 2017, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying fleet of ten advanced Iridium NEXT comsats to …
In this Jan. 13, 2017, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Trump’s meetings this week with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers concerned …
Although there are 1.5 million species of animal on our planet, only three are known to go through the menopause – humans, pilot whales and killer whales.
Prince Charles has co-authored a Ladybird book on the challenges and possible solutions to climate change. It is part of a series for adults written in the style of the well-known children’s books that aims to clearly explain complicated subjects.
Officials of Moon Express say they now have enough money to fund their first trip to the moon. The company aims to land on the lunar surface and eventually mine resources on there.
A new study reveals how the amygdala is involved in controlling predatory behavior in mice. By Diana Kwon | January 16, 2017. IVAN DE ARAUJONeural circuits in the amygdala are responsible for predatory behavior in mice, according to a study published …
Scientists discovered a new species, but had never actually seen the animal alive. Now they have, and it’s full of surprises. Monitor’s Best: Top 5. Focus Terror and the Mexico border: How big a threat?
Luminosity changes in the star whose strange dimming prompted speculation that it might be surrounded by an “alien megastructure” may be the result of the star’s having devoured a planet sometime during the last 10,000 years.
A new paper in the journal Nature challenges the leading explanation for the Moon’s formation. The predominant idea is that the Moon was created after a planetary body roughly the size of Mars collided with the early Earth.
To create more strength, material scientists always knot atoms in a tightly complex structure. More tight atomic knots means more physically strength material.
As we watch President-elect Donald Trump’s national security appointees seek Senate confirmation this week, a hint of a pattern seems to be emerging in how some of them discuss the global environment and its leading problem, the unambiguous warming …
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS) insider Kevin T. Conroy sold 600,000 shares of Exact Sciences Corp. stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 15th.
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