Spectacular Northern Lights in the sky in Northumberland, England
People in Northumberland, England, saw a spectacular, breathtaking Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) display in the sky early on Wednesday. Locals said it rivaled the...
NASA selects four commercial aerospace firms for collaborative partnerships
NASA has selected four US commercial aerospace companies to develop new space capabilities for the government and other customers.
The Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities...
Dwarf galaxy, the Milky Way’s new neighbor, discovered
A Russian-American team of astronomers has discovered a tiny and isolated dwarf galaxy next door to our Milky Way. In astronomy, ‘next door’ can...
300 million year-old fossilized fish eye contains rods and cones, scientists discover
Scientists have discovered a well-preserved 300 million-year-old fish with a well-preserved eyeball containing rods and cones that can be seen under a microscope, suggesting that the...
Human bones weakened when hunter-gatherers switched to farming
Two studies suggest that during human evolution, our bones became weaker when we switched from being hunter-gatherers to farmers, about 12,000 years ago. Both...
Update 1: NASA’s NuSTAR takes stunning first solar portrait of the Sun
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has taken its first picture of the sun.
NuSTAR, the highest power X-ray telescope, has managed to produce the...
Massive coral bleaching expected due to climate change, say scientists
Global temperatures are at the highest levels they have ever been in modern history, with ocean temperatures not far behind.
With global warming continuing at...
NASA to evaluate Orion’s performance for upcoming Mars mission
NASA’s Orion space capsule has returned to Florida after completing its very first unmanned test flight. NASA will be reviewing the performance when it...
Deforestation is changing global rainfall patterns, says study
Tropical deforestation is going to have a significant impact on global warming and rainfall patterns which could cause agricultural distress, according to a new study...
NASA will send a solar-powered airship to explore Venus
NASA is planning on sending a solar-powered airship to explore Venus. The space agency said that even though Venus is an extremely hostile planet...