Ballistic Capture approach will cut cost of going to Mars
Mathematicians have devised a cheaper method of traveling to Mars. New research suggests that ‘ballistic capture’ is the optimal method of traveling to the Red...
2015 will be warmer say climate experts
Next year (2015) will probably be warmer than the average over the last 50 years, climate experts predict. They also suggest that our planet's...
Humans passed from Asia to Europe much earlier than thought
Our ancestors passed through the gateway to Europe from Asia about 1.2 million years ago, which was much earlier than previously thought, says a...
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...