Credit: Depositphotos In a 2011 survey, over half of 16- to 22-year-olds, when asked to choose only two items from a list, said they would rather give up their sense of smell than go without technology like their phone or laptop. Compared to other senses, human smell often seems like an afterthought. However, researchers have discovered...
This striking image provides a fresh perspective of the spiral galaxy Messier 90, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a new mesmerizing image of the spiral galaxy Messier 90 (M90) in the constellation Virgo. Originally captured using the Wide Field and Planetary...
Credit: Depositphotos The largest and brightest supermoon of the year will rise this week. According to NASA, the moon will look full from Tuesday evening until Friday morning, giving you plenty of opportunities to enjoy the view. There’s a brief period between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning when the moon will be at its closest to...
Rendering of what a watery Mars may have looked likeNASA Data gathered by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars is revealing new information about how the Red Planet became uninhabitable in the distant past, attributed to a changing climate that led to the evaporation of surface water or its entrapment as ice. Not too long ago, the...
The view from the ISS as it orbits over the termination line known as the twilight zoneNASA A daily photo taken from September 2023 to September 2024 offers an intriguing view of the twilight zone transition caused by the Earth's 23.5-degree axial tilt during its orbit around the Sun. Without the Earth's axial tilt, we wouldn't...
An artist's impression of the NASA research plane flying over thunderstorm systems to detect gamma ray emissionsNASA/ALOFT team Thor and the Hulk might share more in common than previously believed. While it's known that thunderstorms generate gamma rays in the atmosphere, a new study reveals they occur far more frequently than expected and are even...
Credit: Depositphotos Nuclear Explosions as a Defense Against Asteroids Precisely detonating a nuclear bomb above an approaching asteroid could be our best chance of avoiding a catastrophic impact.Precisely detonating a nuclear bomb above an approaching asteroid could be our best chance of avoiding a catastrophic impact. A laboratory experiment conducted by an international team of researchers showed...
A new study demonstrates a possible way to deflect an Earthbound asteroidDepositphotos Asteroids pose a serious threat to Earth, as history has shown – just ask the dinosaurs. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have now demonstrated a potential method for diverting a dangerous asteroid using X-rays. NASA's Current Defense Measures NASA has already taken proactive steps to...
View from the orbiting Polaris Dawn spacecraftSpaceX After completing its first day in orbit, the Polaris Dawn mission is set to conduct the first-ever private spacewalk. Two astronauts are scheduled to exit the Dragon spacecraft Resilience at 2:23 am EDT. Here's how to watch. Launched at 5:23 am EDT on September 10, 2024, from Complex 39A...
Polaris Dawn lifting offSpaceX The Polaris Dawn mission, the most ambitious private space venture to date, has successfully launched, marking the first-ever private spacewalk. At 5:23 am EDT, the mission lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, heading for low-Earth orbit. This mission represents a significant...
