Last month physicists from Harvard University in the US had claimed to have successfully turned hydrogen into a metal – something researchers had been struggling to achieve for more than 80 years.
The first solar eclipse of 2017 treated viewers to a rare “ring of fire” in the sky on Sunday. The annular eclipse – which occurs when the Earth, moon and sun all align, with the moon appearing to block out the sun – was visible from parts of the …
Investing in a backup planet might be a good idea, given what’s been happening on Earth lately. The cost would only be a little over $20 trillion, but some nice real estate just came on the market.
The ‘game,’ which involves pushing a ball into a designated area for a reward, is unlike most behaviors a bee would be instinctively prepared for in the wild.
Pluto’s famous heart-shaped feature is on the road to getting an official name, nearly two years after its discovery. “Tombaugh Regio” – nicknamed after the discoverer of Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh – is among dozens of informal names that will likely be …
At the behest of the Trump administration, NASA is figuring out if it makes any sense to fly humans on an untested rocket. Two executives at the US space agency said today they were conducting a study for the White House to see if two astronauts can …
… – Only a few days after the Smithsonian’s announcement of a national tour for Columbia, the historic spacecraft that flew the first men to walk on the moon, two notable artifacts from the Apollo 11 command module have turned up at a different type …
In an effort to reduce the weight of the payload aboard the manned Mars mission, NASA is trying to research and develop ways to ensure sustainability on the planet’s surface.
An aquarium in Niagara Falls will soon undergo renovation and expand its exhibit to protect species of Humboldt penguins. The exhibit is expected to be completed by spring 2018.
It turns out Wikipedia’s automated edit ‘bots’ have been waging a cyber-war between each other for over a decade by changing each other’s corrections — and it’s getting worse.
The reef authority is receiving more reports of coral bleaching as well as disease from many sections of the Great Barrier Reef, such as on Mackay, situated far south of the worst bleaching sites last year.
An artist’s rendering of W. armstrongi attacking a fish about 400 million years ago James Ormiston. Scientists have discovered a new species of extinct, marine worms that had snapping jaws and grew to an estimated 3 feet in length.
Venus, left, and a waning moon rise about an hour before the sun behind the Cape May Lighthouse on Jan. 4, 2008. Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love.
Russian cargo ship Progress 66 has successfully reached orbiting space laboratory ISS on Feb. 24. The unmanned spacecraft is delivering 3 tons of supplies to the crew of Expedition 50.
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