Zombie outbreak: A fatal disease turning deer into 'zombies' can spread to humans

Dec 04, 2019 09:15 am UTC| Science

It is very rare to have something commonly depicted in popular fantasy or horror media become something real. In this case, it appears that a disease that is recently prevalent among deer can potentially spread to humans...

Ancient volcanic rock and sand dunes found on Mars

Dec 04, 2019 09:11 am UTC| Science

Over time, we continue to learn more and more about the planets beyond our own. Recently, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a very clear set of photos of a region of the red planet, revealing what else is there to see...

NASA spots asteroid traveling 21,300 mph, possible collision in 2020

Dec 03, 2019 08:54 am UTC| Science

Another asteroid was recently spotted by NASAs trackers, hurtling towards Earth, or at least within the proximity of our planets orbit. With a speed of 21,300 miles per hour, the space agency has labeled it a Near-Earth...

Be prepared in case an asteroid hits, expert says

Dec 03, 2019 08:54 am UTC| Science

Over time, many asteroids have been spotted by NASA to be coming in close, but nothing has happened all the way. However, an expert says that the Earth may very well be in danger of an asteroid hit anytime soon. Express...

Mars: we may have solved the mystery of how its landslides form

Dec 03, 2019 03:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Some landslides on Mars seem to defy an important law of physics. Long, runout landslides are formed by huge volumes of rock and soil moving downslope, largely due to the force of gravity. But their power is hard to...

A surprisingly big black hole might have swallowed a star from the inside out, and scientists are baffled

Dec 01, 2019 03:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

About 15,000 light years away, in a distant spiral arm of the Milky Way, there is a black hole about 70 times as heavy as the Sun. This is very surprising for astronomers like me. The black hole seems too big to be the...

Our place in the universe will change dramatically in the next 50 years – here's how

Dec 01, 2019 03:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

In 1900, so the story goes, prominent physicist Lord Kelvin addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science with these words: There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. How wrong he was. The...