Category Archives: Science

SpaceX Starlink satellites have performed 50,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the last 6 months. What does this mean for space safety?

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A group of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites in orbit ahead of deployment. | Source: SpaceX Satellites in SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation have performed nearly 50,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the past six months, nearly double the number in the previous six… Read More »

Rocket Row ribbon-cutting ceremony marks return of Alabama rocket center’s ‘spaceline’

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Rocket Row, part of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Rocket Park in Huntsville, Alabama, is back on its feet after six years. | Source: U.S. Space & Rocket Center Some cities have skylines. Huntsville, Alabama, has a “space… Read More »

Unequal access to quantum computing education could limit progress in this new field – now is the time to improve

Quantum information science uses the physics that describes the smallest particles, such as electrons or photons, to potentially revolutionize computing and related technologies. This new field could be used for a wide range of applications, from developing new devices to encrypting data. As potential applications of quantum information science move closer to reality, quantum information… Read More »

Arizona officials warn of spread of potentially deadly hantavirus

Arizona public health officials are warning that hantavirus, a virus that spreads from rodents to humans, is causing a rise in a potentially deadly pulmonary syndrome. There have been seven confirmed cases and three deaths in the past six months, according to a recent health alert. Most cases of hantavirus are reported in the Western… Read More »

Seafloor sediment reveals previously unknown volcanic eruption in southern Aegean Sea 520,000 years ago

“Core on deck!” For two months, every time I heard that scream, I would run to the deck of the JOIDES Resolution and watch as the crew removed a 30-foot (10-meter) cylindrical tube filled with layered, multicolored rocks and sediments that had been drilled from the seabed beneath our ship. The crew drilled more than… Read More »

SpaceX designs a Dragon spacecraft on steroids to launch the ISS from space

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Artist’s rendering of the SpaceX Dragon variant that will serve as the International Space Station’s deorbit vehicle. | Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s new vehicle designed to take down the International Space Station is going to be a beast. The SpaceX… Read More »

NASA X-ray telescope ‘weighs’ fastest-spinning dead star closest to Earth

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Main) Illustration of a rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar (inset) millisecond pulsar PSR J0437-4715. | Credit: NASA/Sharon Morsink/Devarshi Choudhury et al. Astronomers using the NASA X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have weighed a rapidly spinning,… Read More »

Full Moon puts on dramatic show for skywatchers around the world (photos)

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. The full moon in July shines on the Eiffel Tower, decorated with the Olympic rings. | Credit: Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images July’s full moon wowed skywatchers around the world by shining brightly over the weekend. A… Read More »

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen is produced 13,000 feet below ocean surface

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. A mysterious phenomenon first observed on a ship in a remote Pacific Ocean in 2013 looked so absurd that it convinced oceanographer Andrew Sweetman that his monitoring equipment was faulty. Sensor readings showed that oxygen… Read More »

Insects proliferate in urban areas of Los Angeles – volunteers’ traps reveal biodiversity hotspots for urban insects and spiders

Proximity to mountains and year-round temperature stability are the most important determinants of insect biodiversity in Los Angeles, according to a study we co-authored with Brian V. Brown of the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History and colleagues at the University of Southern California and California State University. The project used data from the BioSCAN… Read More »