Comet Siding Spring Near-Miss Caused Meteor Shower
Multiple spacecraft have identified some effects from the comet Siding Spring’s close call with Mars. Data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft … Read more
Multiple spacecraft have identified some effects from the comet Siding Spring’s close call with Mars. Data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft … Read more
The conclusions are similar to recent research on the oldest modern human genome yet described, with both papers claiming that human-Neanderthal … Read more
Although modern bison can still be found in areas of Europe and North America, the steppe bison, or Bison priscus, … Read more
Insects may give you the creepy crawlies, but researchers see them as an important source of information. One out of … Read more
The fossil fills the void between the dolphin-like creatures that swam in the sea, and the terrestrial ancestors that scientists … Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Wednesday, November 5th that a team of oceanographic researchers have discovered a … Read more
Astronomers have been able to capture what the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) calls the “best image ever of planet formation … Read more
In 2010, a group of scientists discovered a fossil of a strange (rather large) groundhog like creature living amongst the … Read more
The term “fireball” is a catch-all for objects that are brighter than Venus as they move across the sky. The … Read more
The emerald ash borer beetle is an invasive insect species from Asia. It arrived in the U.S. over a decade … Read more
A new study undertaken by Alejandro Rico-Guevara, from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut, and Marcelo … Read more
Many people in western Japan reported sightings of a bright light on Monday night. Experts said it was “highly likely” … Read more
Before you stop reading and think that yours truly may have overindulged on the wine at a particularly long boozy lunch, … Read more
Galactic astronomers have been puzzled by an unusual bright object in the middle of the Milky Way for decades. Until … Read more
Days after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has formed a “human performance” team to scrutinize … Read more