Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered the richest hydrocarbon “menu” ever seen in the planet-forming disk. This observation, which involved a protoplanetary disk around a small star, also revealed the first detection of ethane outside the solar system. The discovery was made while the Mid-Infrared instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space… Read More »
Is there a new strain of bird flu to worry about? On Wednesday, the World Health Organization reported the first confirmed human case of H5N2 type bird flu in Mexico, a 59-year-old man who died in April. According to the WHO, the case adds to growing concern about the risk of bird flu spreading among… Read More »
The June 2024 new moon occurs tonight, making it a great night to enjoy a sky free of moonshine. A new moon occurs approximately every 28.5 days as the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth during its orbital journey. More formally, new moon is when the Sun and Moon share the same celestial… Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) – The mysterious death of a man in Mexico who contracted a form of bird flu is unrelated to different types of outbreaks on U.S. dairy farms, experts say. Here’s a look at the case and the different strains of bird flu. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MEXICO BIRD FLU CASE? In Mexico,… Read More »
NASA astronaut Bob Hines received a special mission shortly after taking the first Boeing Starliner to a spaceport. Hines was one of the astronauts working aboard the International Space Station for the historic first docking of an uncrewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft on May 22, 2022. Flying with SpaceX Crew-4, Hines returned to Earth in October… Read More »
During the Nobel Prize in chemistry lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold “For all practical purposes today we can read, write and edit any DNA sequence, but we cannot create it.” This is no longer true. Since then, science and technology have advanced so much that artificial intelligence has learned to create DNA, and scientists are… Read More »
AI systems like ChatGPT may soon run out of what makes them smarter—the tens of trillions of words people type and share online. A new study published Thursday by the Epoch AI research group predicts that tech companies will run out of publicly available training data for AI language models between 2026 and 2032, around… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Starship, SpaceX’s most powerful launch vehicle ever built, will go on its fourth flight test on Thursday. The highly anticipated event will be the company’s second unmanned test in 2024. This time, SpaceX aims to… Read More »
NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA) celebrated the historic launch of a second commercial crewed spacecraft with astronauts today (June 5). Boeing’s Starliner departed for the International Space Station (ISS) today at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 GMT) with two NASA astronauts and former U.S. Navy test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard. The… Read More »
KALTUNGO, Nigeria (AP) — 9-month-old twins cried constantly and tugged at their mother, looking for food as well as attention. They had received very little food in the last 24 hours, and their heads, which were too large for their tiny bodies, bore deeper signs of hunger. “There is very little milk coming out,” said… Read More »