If the weather is clear this evening, we invite you to step outside and look up at any time one to two hours after sunset. If you’re lucky enough to be far enough away from bright lights, step out of a long lounge or lounge chair and relax. Once your eyes have fully adjusted to… Read More »
Update, 9pm EDT: The launch of the Boeing Starliner was delayed due to a valve problem on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. At work link to our brushing story. CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – When Boeing’s Starliner capsule carries two astronauts into space tonight (May 6), at least 100 people at Mission Control will… Read More »
Under a huge arch coronal loopThe wealth of exotic solar events active in the transition zone betweenUN lower atmosphereThe chromosphere and corona were recorded in this magical video. European Space Agency‘S Solar Orbiter spacecraft. View recorded by Solar Orbiter from a distance of just over 43 million kilometers (26.7 mi) Sun, revealing features on the… Read More »
A shadowy figure in a spacesuit touches his glove to the helmet’s visor. SpaceX’s next private astronaut launch is scheduled for this summer, and a key component vital to its success has finally been revealed. The Polaris Dawn mission is set to include the first extravehicular activity (EVA) missions to be performed by private astronauts;… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) – Researchers have identified for the first time a genetic form of late-life Alzheimer’s disease in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known that a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk of Alzheimer’s, including aging. The majority of Alzheimer’s cases… Read More »
Today, the atmosphere of our neighboring planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth; But it wasn’t always like this. Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water as Earth has today. If this water were liquid, Venus might once have been habitable. Over time,… Read More »
Atlas 5 rocket carry astronaut Ready to explode on Monday night for the first time in sixty years Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner The crew ferry entered orbit for the first piloted test flight to the International Space Station. Running years behind schedule and more than a billion dollars over budget, Starliner joins Boeing’s SpaceX’s Crew Dragon,… Read More »
Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture of a gene long known to be linked to the common form of dementia. It may even be considered a different, inherited form of the disease, and different approaches to testing and treatment may be… Read More »
SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just after dark when Ross Woodruff jumped into a truck to haul soybean seeds to his brother Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they were able to plant after heavy rains two weeks ago left most of the 9,000 acres too muddy to carry… Read More »
The number of individuals in the United States who do not identify as part of any religion has increased significantly in recent years, and the “nones” are now larger than any single religious group. According to the General Social Survey, in the 1970s people without religious affiliation represented only 5% of the U.S. population. This… Read More »