Another asteroid, 2011 MW1, is coming too close to Earth at a speed of 17,900 mph (28,946 km/h). NASA has issued an alert regarding this asteroid. 2011 MW1 is an Apollo-class asteroid that is about 375 feet (115 meters) long. According to NASA’s CNEOS data, it will travel only 2.4 million miles (3.8 million kilometers)…
More than 50 days into a mission originally scheduled to last 10 days, NASA and Boeing officials say they are working to prepare for an agency review this week of the flight readiness of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule, which suffered multiple problems during its first crewed flight to the International Space Station launched June 5….
Starliner lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41. Starliner takes off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as spectators watch from the Visitor Complex. A rare spectacle will unfold on the Space Coast Tuesday morning. A 200-foot-tall Atlas V rocket will blast off from the launch pad on a secret Space Force mission. There has only…
Evidence has been found in marine sedimentary rocks near Gabon in central Africa. July 29, 2024, 7:52 p.m. ET • 5 minutes reading time A team of international researchers has challenged the long-held belief that complex life forms first appeared on Earth 635 million years ago, presenting findings that show life could have existed more…
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Less than two weeks after Elon Musk announced SpaceX was leaving California, it is moving some operations from the Florida coast to Long Beach. The Port of Long Beach will be the new home of SpaceX’s Dragon recovery ship. “Excited to share an update from Space Beach! Long Beach will…
Researchers are going crazy. A new scientific study reveals that chimpanzees are “capable” of producing sounds that mimic words they hear from humans. The study follows recent research that found that chimpanzees can gesture to each other during conversations, just like humans. The new research looked at two archived videos of chimpanzees “speaking” words into…
Hunga Tonga volcano, photographed during its eruption on 14-15 January 2022. Credit: Tonga Geological Services / ZUMA Press / Zuma / REA (Courtesy of Dr Mark Schoeberl) Believed to be responsible for the extreme heat observed on Earth over the past two years, researchers say the Hunga Tonga eruption has actually cooled the climate. Research…
A thin slice of ancient rock taken from Gakkel Ridge near the North Pole, photographed under a microscope and viewed under cross-polarized light. Width of field ~14 mm. Thin-section rock analysis helps geologists identify and characterize the minerals in a rock. The analyses reveal information about the mineral composition, texture, and history of the rock,…