The Moon’s passage between the Sun and the Earth on April 8, 2024 will represent a rare astronomical event, a total solar eclipse, that will not occur for another 20 years. It offers a unique and unforgettable learning opportunity for parents and educators, at least for those living in a territory that stretches from Texas… Read More »
The Biden administration announced Monday that it will provide $6 billion in funding for projects that will reduce emissions from the industrial sector; This is the largest-ever U.S. investment in decarbonizing domestic industry to combat climate change. The industrial sector is responsible for approximately 25% of all the country’s emissions and has proven difficult to… Read More »
For Total solar eclipse on April 8Many people will strive to take part in path of integrityWhere the Sun’s face will be completely blocked by the moon’s shadow. But even if you are within this path, this does not guarantee that the skies will be clear on the day of the eclipse. So what happens… Read More »
March’s full moon, the Worm Moon, rose above Earth on Sunday, March 24, exactly two weeks before the total solar eclipse that will sweep across North America on April 8, 2024. Not to be left out of the eclipse action, the Worm Moon was marked by a slightly less dramatic lunar eclipse. The Moon moved… Read More »
Two days after launch, a Russian Soyuz crew ferry arrived at the International Space Station on Monday and docked for a perfect docking; two short-term crew members and a NASA astronaut also began a six-month stay in orbit. Soyuz MS-25/71S commander Oleg Novitskiy with Belarusian guest pilot Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson monitored… Read More »
No matter what stock market analysts, political pollsters and astrologers say, we cannot predict the future. In fact, we cannot even predict the past. That’s all for the works of French mathematician, philosopher and king of determinism, Pierre-Simon Laplace. In 1814, LaPlace declared that if it were possible to know the speed and position of… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Alexandra Morton-Hayward, an undertaker, became interested in brains, specifically how brains decompose, during her former job. “I have worked with the dead for years. “My own experience is that the brain liquefies (post-mortem) quite quickly,”… Read More »
In the United States, wildland firefighters can stop approximately 98% of wildfires before the fires burn even 100 acres. This may seem reassuring, but decades of rapid fire suppression have had unintended consequences. Fires are a natural part of many landscapes around the world. When forests are not allowed to burn, they become denser and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A glowing worm moon will light up the sky on Monday, setting up a celestial performance for people heading out in the early morning hours — a penumbra lunar eclipse. The March full moon, called… Read More »
Some were legendary ships that have fascinated people for generations, such as Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, which sank in Antarctica in 1915. Some were ordinary workhorses that disappeared into the depths, like the Ironton, a barge carrying 1,000 tons of grain when it sank. It sank in Lake Huron in 1894. Whatever their place in… Read More »