Albert Einstein is on the board. Special relativity is beyond weird. Among its many expressions are that moving clocks run slower and moving rulers become smaller. So how do we make sense of this? To understand the physics of relativity, we need to look back. time A little. in 1865 James Clerk Maxwell We discovered… Read More »
What do two dinosaur tails, four beehives, a six-piece roller coaster and 88 taps have to do with a rocket designed to fly astronauts to the moon? These are all among the reimagined pieces, hidden details and “easter eggs” found in building the new Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System model, which has now… Read More »
Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research that used radar data from space to take X-rays of the crucial glacier. When salty, relatively warm ocean water meets ice, it causes “drastic melting” beneath the glacier and may mean global sea… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. More than 2,000 years ago, a two-story building burned to the ground in the Pyrenees Mountains of Iberia in northeastern Spain. The inferno consumed the wooden structure of the Iron Age settlement, causing the deaths… Read More »
The remaining light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don’t know how to fix it. This is the cold spot. It’s too big and too cold. Astronomers aren’t sure what it is, but they mostly agree it’s worth investigating. cosmic microwave background (CMB) was created when our universe was only 380,000… Read More »
The avian influenza virus spreading among American dairy cows can likely be traced to a single spillover event. Scientists believe the virus jumped from wild birds to cattle in Texas late last year. By this spring, the virus known as H5N1 had traveled hundreds of miles or more, appearing on farms in Idaho, North Carolina… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Blue Origin’s tourism rocket is preparing to launch passengers to the edge of space for the first time in nearly two years, ending a hiatus caused by a failed uncrewed test flight. The New Shepard… Read More »
Space enthusiasts know; From missions to the lunar surface to new discoveries in exoplanet science, it’s easy to get caught up in the many fascinating developments. But what really excites me as an astronomer right now is a largely overlooked development on Earth; This development could have profound implications for how we understand the evolution… Read More »
The Orion Nebula may be a familiar and well-studied celestial object, but new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show this star-forming cloud of gas and dust in an incredibly new and vivid light. The Orion Nebula, also known as “Messier 42” (M42), is located approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation… 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. Dinosaur means “scary lizard”. The idea that prehistoric creatures were scaly, sluggish reptiles with sprawling postures that dragged their tails through tropical swamps has left a deep mark on the… Read More »