NASA announces new and improved spacesuit design as it prepares for the Moon landing mission in 2024
Oct 11, 2019 08:30 am UTC| Science
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been preparing for its next Moon landing mission that will be taking place within the next few years. One of the important things the agency has been working on...
Oct 11, 2019 08:30 am UTC| Science
A 46-foot asteroid was recently detected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and is making headlines even though its next Earth close-approach will not happen within the next decades. Certain qualities of the asteroid have...
NASA asteroid watch 2019: 7 asteroids will fly by Earth this weekend; Should people be worried?
Oct 11, 2019 05:38 am UTC| Science
Several asteroids have come close to the Earth over the previous days, and a few more will approach the planet this weekend. Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have detected that seven...
Asteroid pack to cap its flyby on Sunday; Biggest of the bunch already flew past Thursday morning
Oct 10, 2019 04:23 am UTC| Science
Several asteroids will be passing by Earth this week, with some of them already whizzing through yesterday. The space rocks have been named 2019 TU, 2019 TW1, 2019 RK, 2019 TC1, 2019 SB6, 2019 TS, and 2019 TM. Among the...
Oct 10, 2019 03:17 am UTC| Science
Detecting asteroids early before they can collide with the planet is one of the primary defenses that Earth has against this threat. And with constant vigilance from multiple observatories across the globe, experts have...
Nobel Prize in Physics: James Peebles, master of the universe, shares award
Oct 09, 2019 11:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
During the press conference in which he was revealed as one of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics, James (Jim) Peebles was asked to point to a single discovery or breakthrough from his long career that would...
Nobel Prize in Physics for two breakthroughs: Evidence for the Big Bang and a way to find exoplanets
Oct 09, 2019 11:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Did the universe really begin with a Big Bang? And if so, is there evidence? Are there planets around other stars? Can they support life? The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who have provided deep...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects