Category Archives: Science

Space missions are getting more complex – lessons from Amazon and FedEx could inform in-orbit satellite and spacecraft management

Historically, most space mission systems have used a single spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission autonomously. Whether a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly every spacecraft has deployed and completed a single mission entirely autonomously. But today, space industry organizations are exploring missions that involve many satellites working together. SpaceX’s Starlink… Read More »

Parrot owners say parrot is ‘attention-crazed’ and as intelligent as a human baby

Apollo is an African grey parrot with a deep love of peanuts and millions of social media followers. According to his owners, he also has the brainpower of a human child. “He’s very cheerful, very outgoing, he really wants to perform for everybody,” said Dalton Mason, one of Apollo’s owners. “He’s a show-off.” Subscribe to… Read More »

Some rocky exoplanets may have large amounts of water in their molten cores.

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Rocky planets that have, or perhaps still have, magma oceans on their surfaces can draw large amounts of water into their cores. | Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Up to 95% of an exoplanet’s water could be trapped deep within its… Read More »

Have astronomers found the ‘secret recipe’ for rapid planetary growth?

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A protoplanetary disk of gas and dust around a young star. Dark grooves are being carved out as gas and ice giant planets form. | Credit: LMU/Thomas Zankl, crushed eyes media Researchers may have discovered a hidden ingredient in… Read More »

Are We Alone? Intelligent Aliens Could Be Rare, According to New Study

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and the simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). | Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute The universe must either be teeming with life or host almost no life at… Read More »

Sharks are taking a bite out of fishermen’s catches in the Gulf of Mexico, but hunting is unlikely to help

An angler holds the remains of a good-sized grouper. Trey Spearman, CC BY-ND Hemingway battled shark attacks while trying to catch bluefin tuna off Bimini in the Bahamas. “Not one of these magnificent fish was ever taken by a shark near Bimini without being marked,” said Kip Farrington, a longtime Field & Stream magazine editor… Read More »

What 20th century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s mathematics educators

Her writings—indeed, her life—are maddening in their entirety. In her polished essays, private letters, and diaries, she often makes an outrageous claim or an enigmatic comment. Such claims may concern the motivations of scientists, the psychological state of a patient, the nature of labor, the analysis of labor unions, or the interpretation of Greek philosophers… Read More »

Scientists Searching for Life on Mars Heard a Signal That Points to the Future

DEARBORN, Michigan — At sunset one weekend in the late summer of 1924, crowds flocked to sidewalk telescopes to catch a glimpse of what they believed to be an advanced alien civilization on the surface of Mars. “See the wonders of Mars!” shouted a suburban sidewalk astronomer in New York City on Saturday, August 23.… Read More »

Spacecraft to slingshot around Earth and Moon on route to Jupiter this week

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The European Space Agency’s Juice mission will make two historic firsts on its long journey to study the potential habitability of Jupiter’s icy moons. Launching in April 2023, Juice, or the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer… Read More »

Commander of special Polaris mission explains bold plan

SpaceX is preparing to launch its next private mission towards the end of the month, and it will feature the first attempt by astronauts to step into space. The Polaris Dawn mission, the first of three flights that billionaire and Shift4 founder Jared Isaacman has purchased from SpaceX in 2022 for its human spaceflight effort… Read More »