According to the new agreement signed between the USA and Japan, the first non-American person to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut. US President Joe Biden announced the goal during an official visit by Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Wednesday, April 10. “Science and education ties between Japan and the United… Read More »
New research answers an important detail about how galaxies age, showing that the more advanced a galaxy is, the more chaotic the orbits of its stars collectively become. our sun orbits its center Milky Way galaxy every 225 million years, at an average speed of 514,495 mph (828,000 km/h). Astronomers call this a “galactic year.”… Read More »
Satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) can drift hundreds of kilometers out of their expected orbits when hit by bad space weather. The problem affects the International Space Station, China’s Tiangong space station, and many Earth observation satellites that require close monitoring of our planet. This positioning uncertainty increases the risk of dangerous orbital collisions,… Read More »
I have been feeling increasingly melancholic since April 8, when I witnessed the total solar eclipse. It’s not because I’m overwhelmed, or my vantage point isn’t ideal, or because I had some depressing epiphany as I watched the moon turn our planet’s star into a wispy white halo. In fact, I’ve been struggling to find… Read More »
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir AksyonovHe died at the age of 89, having flown into space twice, once on a refurbished spacecraft and then on the first manned test of a new model. Aksyonov’s death was announced by Russia’s federal space company Roscosmos on Tuesday, April 9. “On behalf of the Roscosmos state company and myself, I… Read More »
Massive stars gain their magnetism by colliding and merging with other stars, according to evidence from a strange binary system surrounded by a dusty, element-rich nebula. This bipolar nebula, which has the double designation NGC 6164/6165, contains the star system HD 148937. light years Far away in the southern constellation Norma, HD 148937 contains two… Read More »
Tens of billions of noisy cicadas will burst from the ground in the coming weeks in a rare synchronized event that last occurred 221 years ago. Winged cicadas are expected to appear in the Midwest and Southeast starting in early May, with a double appearance of two different species of periodical cicadas. These insects spend… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Prehistoric people in Brazil carved drawings into rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting they may have found them meaningful or interesting, according to a new study. The rock carvings, which archaeologists call petroglyphs, are found… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. In an ancient grave in what is now northwestern Argentina, a person was buried with a canine companion — but it wasn’t a pet-friendly dog, according to new research. The burial contained the skeleton of… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Antarctica’s icy plains are a magnet for meteorite hunters like Maria Valdes, a research scientist at the Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago. Approximately 1000 space rocks are found in the… Read More »