On Saturday, March 7, 1970, in Perry, Florida, a small wooden town’s sunny day more than half a century ago was spoiled by a heavy cloud that obscured the long-awaited total solar eclipse for more than 25,000 people. come to see. Long-term weather records showed there was a 70 percent chance of clear or partly… Read More »
It’s the first time a spacecraft has taken off with a flight attendant on board, but no drinks will be served during the flight. Marina VasilevskayaShe also served as a flight instructor for Belavia Airlines in her home country, Belarus, and became the first Belarusian woman to fly into space by trading in her officer… Read More »
Two days later rare last second startup abortA Russian Soyuz spacecraft launched Saturday to fly to the International Space Station, carrying two short-term crew members and a NASA astronaut who will be on a six-month tour of duty. Soyuz MS-25/71S commander Oleg Novitskiy, Belarusian guest cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson roared away… Read More »
If you are on the path of wholeness April 8 total solar eclipse, you will experience a brief period of darkness – wholeness – for a few seconds or minutes. This is the only safe time to look directly at the sun. solar eclipse glasses. If you observe SunIn the corona at totality, you can… Read More »
NEW YORK — Do you dream of leaving the planet? NASA is looking for its next batch of astronauts, and you have until April 2 to make a move for yourself. “It’s generally a very popular practice,” said April Jordan, NASA’s astronaut selection manager. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from The New York Times… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Every ancient object has a story to tell. When researchers dust an object during excavation, a new window opens to the past. Each piece recovered is a small clue that… Read More »
There are many changes that can come with old age; hair turns grey, eyesight is not what it used to be, mobility is often limited. But beyond these physiological changes, people also experience changes in their social world. As we get older, our social circles tend to shrink. Such declines in social networks have raised… Read More »
You should feel for the brown dwarfs. Not only has their failure to ignite like normal stars earned them the unfortunate nickname (fail stars), but new findings from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that they can’t even maintain a relationship together. Brown dwarfs are celestial bodies formed when giant clouds of gas and dust,… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Humans have many wonderful features, but we lack something that most animals with a backbone have in common: a tail. The exact reason for this was something mysterious. Tails are useful for balance, propulsion, communication,… Read More »
The Gaia space telescope is revealing the history of the Milky Way by tracking the movements of billions of stars in our galaxy – and the spacecraft’s latest findings reveal this story more truly than ever before. Gaia has discovered two streams of ancient stars that appear to have come together 12 billion years ago,… Read More »