NASA spots asteroid approaching Earth after Christmas
Nov 27, 2019 06:48 am UTC| Science
There have been many asteroid sightings this year, these sightings reveal the asteroids that seem to be approaching the Earth. NASA recently spotted an asteroid traveling at a fast rate towards Earth with an expected...
Exoplanets may be circling black holes
Nov 27, 2019 06:48 am UTC| Science
It seems that there is more information to be learned from the black holes that are known to consume everything they come into contact with. Recently, it was theorized that there are exoplanets forming around massive black...
NASA to investigate polar mystery; Hubble photo taken 135 million light-years away
Nov 26, 2019 06:51 am UTC| Science
NASA continues to look into matters that go beyond the Earth and into space. The agency announced its plans to investigate occurrences happening on the planets poles as well as news of a photo taken from the...
Asteroid collisions: The good, the bad, and the mysterious
Nov 26, 2019 06:50 am UTC| Science
The general belief is that asteroid collisions lead to more space rocks going into orbits of planets and floating about in space. However, that is not all there is to an asteroid collision as there are actually upsides to...
Scientists give warning that the universe may be heading into a colder direction
Nov 26, 2019 06:48 am UTC| Science
It has been more than 10 billion years ago when the phenomenon known as the Big Bang occurred. However, it seems that the universe is approaching a colder direction, and the scientists are already giving a...
Extraordinary skull fossil reveals secrets of snake evolution
Nov 24, 2019 22:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
On very rare occasions, an exceptional fossil is unearthed that provides an extraordinary glimpse into the evolution of a group of organisms. This time, it is the beautifully preserved skull of an ancient snake with...
A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen
Nov 24, 2019 22:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
The brightest fireworks in the universe are called gamma-ray bursts and are created by the death throes of certain kinds of stars. These intense blasts release as much energy in one second as the Sun will over its whole...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects