According to a study, the four crew members of Inspiration4, the first all-civilian space mission, became genetically younger during their stay in space. But the effects did not last long. Scientists are now trying to figure out how the space environment affects human DNA. Inspiration4 crew members had a busy schedule during their three-day space… Read More »
A GIF showing a yellow-wrapped spacecraft with solar panel wings in space. Just outside Hiroya Yamaguchi’s office is a chalkboard full of exploded stars, spaceship diagrams, and spectral lines. The A4 printouts take up almost all the free space, except for a small corner where he sometimes scribbles with white chalk. Yamaguchi, now an associate… Read More »
What happened after the thermonuclear explosion? binary star System observed approximately 3,400 light-years away Hubble space telescope. HM Sagittae, or HM Sge for short, is a system known as the symbiotic system. white dwarf feeding on a friend red giant star. The stolen material forms an accretion disk orbiting the white dwarf. If too much… Read More »
Dan sat there in the room, watching the children play with a space explorer rover with six sturdy wheels, perfect for navigating imaginary planet surfaces. But during the 30-minute “playtest,” the rover didn’t use its wheels even once. Instead, the boys “zoomed” the rover up and down in the air, “landed” on the table only… Read More »
A tropical disturbance has brought rare flooding across much of south Florida as residents braced for heavier rains Thursday and Friday. Wednesday’s heavy rains and subsequent flooding closed roads, floated vehicles and delayed the Florida Panthers’ travel to their Stanley Cup game against the Edmonton Oilers in Canada. The erratic storm system was moving from… Read More »
Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who served as project scientist on NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared to do great things in space. He was a valued friend to all who knew him,… Read More »
Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of south Florida on Wednesday, closing roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers’ trip to their Stanley Cup game against the Edmonton Oilers in Canada. The erratic storm system was moving from the Gulf of Mexico through Florida at about the same time that hurricane season… Read More »
A plan to build a massive monkey breeding facility in a small Georgia city that could eventually house 30,000 long-tailed macaques has sparked a multifaceted legal battle that pits residents against a company whose executives face scrutiny for their past treatment of animals for medical research. . The facility’s fate is in the hands of… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones recovered from temples, a sacred pit and other underground caves. There is a… Read More »
A rare burst of light from a dead star will likely be visible to humans. Soil This summer, a temporary but potentially harsh celestial spectacle will occur that scientists are calling a “once-in-a-lifetime event.” The technical term for the upcoming cosmic explosion is nova; This occurs when a white dwarf suddenly and often dramatically shines… Read More »