Science
Name: Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) Where it lives: Rivers, reservoirs and coastal bays in southwestern U.S. states, down to Veracruz, Mexico What it eats: Crabs, fish, birds, mammals, turtles, and … Read More
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have spotted the earliest powerful “galaxy-size” wind blowing from a feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar. The powerful wind is pushing gas and … Read More
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp, left, and founder Jeff Bezos look up at a New Glenn rocket on at the company’s LC-36 facility in Florida. Blue Origin Dave Limp had … Read More
NASA’s groundbreaking Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration has set a new record in deep space laser communication, successfully transmitting a signal over an astonishing distance of 290 million … Read More
Braving the cold weather in Northern Europe required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and a facility for making fire. But did they wear clothes? Indirect evidence suggests that Neanderthals living … Read More
Supermassive black holes are some of the most impressive (and scary) objects in the universe – with masses around one billion times more than that of the Sun. And we … Read More
There is the potential of a strong geomagnetic storm this weekend, and it’s possible that some people in “far Northern California” could get a glimpse of an aurora, according to … Read More
In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god … Read More
This one’ll have you quaking. Scientists have little explanation for a booming phenomenon that’s terrifyingly rocking the globe — though they have been noted as ominous preludes to earthquakes. Episodes of … Read More
Reuters The blocks have a relatively low density but display strength approaching that of granite. Sand found on the surface of Mars and the Moon can be converted into solid … Read More
