NASA Moon landing: Top secret plans to set up a moon base 60 years ago revealed

Dec 21, 2020 09:57 am UTC| Science

Although NASA was able to succeed in ending the Space Race with the USSR in 1969 with the Apollo 11 mission, todays goals of setting up a base on the Moon became one of its earlier aspirations. As it turns out, Washington...

Aliens breakthrough: Mysterious signal from neighboring star could be from extraterrestrials

Dec 21, 2020 09:48 am UTC| Science

Space agencies have increased their efforts to look for signs of life outside our home planet. A recent discovery made by scientists suggests that aliens may be a lot closer than we think in the universe. In April and...

Major changes coming over the horizon for the global space industry

Dec 19, 2020 09:49 am UTC| Science

The attention of the world has recently been captured by the return of Japans Hayabusa-2 asteroid mission, the activities of Elon Musks SpaceX venture, and Chinas Change 5 moon landing, yet a quiet revolution is taking...

Climate change: Rising temperatures may have caused the collapse of civilizations along central Asia

Dec 18, 2020 08:49 am UTC| Science Nature

Climate change is one of the big issues that we face today in the world but it has always played a part in history. A recent study suggests that the collapse of civilizations in Central Asia may have been caused by climate...

NASA news: Astronomer explains the importance of brown-dwarf star discovery

Dec 18, 2020 07:34 am UTC| Science

With millions of exoplanets beyond our planetary neighborhood, astronomers have been on the search for an exoplanet just like our own Earth. A NASA astronomer has now revealed why discovering brown-dwarf stars is important...

AI technique that predicts cell growth could someday diagnose cancer or develop new drugs

Dec 17, 2020 11:37 am UTC| Science

Machine learning technologies are everywhere. Theyre used by search engines, social media, and even in online banking. But one area that this technology is still emerging is medicine. Machine learning technologies could...

SpaceX Starship prototype exploded, but it's still a giant leap towards Mars

Dec 17, 2020 11:36 am UTC| Science

Private company SpaceX launched SN8, a prototype of its Starship spacecraft, designed to go to the Moon and Mars, on December 10. Its short flight attracted a great deal of attention for its final few seconds before...