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Revealing Ancestry In The Evolution Of Homo Sapiens – The Origins Of Our Species!

Experts of the Natural history museum, The Francis Crick Institute, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Jena teamed up to figure out the different meanings of ancestry in our species’ evolutionary progress. Humans are generally…

February 15, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Astronomers Found A Trio Of New Planets Orbiting A Young Sun In A River Of Stars

According to a recent study from The Astronomical Journal, a team of astronomers discovered the young worlds with data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (also known as TESS). The planets are revolving around a star known as TOI 451.…

February 15, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

UAE’s Hope Probe for Mars Releases Beautiful Image of the Red Planet

At the beginning of 2021, it seems like we’re witnessing the ‘who else sends probes to Mars?’ club. NASA, the United Arab Emirates Space Agency, and the China National Space Administration have all sent probes to explore the Red Planet…

February 15, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Less Than a Minute Long Video Presents the Last Billion Years of the Tectonic Plate Movement

Many things have changed on Earth during the last billion years of its existence. The land divided into the seven continents that we’re all aware of, life evolved in the extraordinary diversity of 8.7 million species, humans managed to go…

February 14, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

NASA Discovers New Worlds Bigger Than Earth Among Young Stars

It seems like the Universe itself is sometimes waiting for space explorers while smiling at them. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) of NASA launched only two years ago, and it already proves to be a very handy space tool…

February 13, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Powerful Earthquake Shakes Fukushima at 10 Years After the Nuclear Disaster

The city of Fukushima from Japan is once again the centre of a scourge, at 10 years after the well-known nuclear disaster. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of earthquakes around the world that reach a minimum magnitude of 6.0.…

February 13, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Mini Brains Found Within A Neanderthal Gene Shows Traces Of Human Evolution

Fossils can provide a detailed record of early human skulls but, unfortunately, not of the brains inside them too. Researchers worked hard and used genetic material prelevated from the fossils to look for clues about how the human brain evolved…

February 13, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Astronomers Are Baffled by Newfound Star Cluster Teeming With Black Holes

Diving thousands of light-years away into the Cosmos means almost nothing for the vastness of our physical reality, but for us humans, it can provide true wonders. One recent proof is the NGC 6397 star cluster that is surrounded by…

February 12, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Astronomers Identify the Most Distant Object From the Solar System – A Thousand Years for a Full Orbit Around the Sun

Although Pluto was downgraded to the state of a dwarf planet in 2006, scientists never ceased to look for the ninth planet of our Solar System. There are even some moons bigger than Pluto, so it would be naive to…

February 12, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Astronomers Just Discovered The Most Distant Known Object Of The Solar System

Astronomers discovered the most distant object of the Solar System. FarFarOut, a massive chunk of rock discovered in 2018 at an impressive distance of approximately 132 astronomical units from the Sun, was analyzed and characterized. Now there is more data…

February 12, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Mind Blowing NASA Animation Reveals Mars Descent That Perseverance Rover Will Attempt

You probably are already aware of the fact that NASA’s newest interplanetary robot is about to attempt a mind-blowing event and we’re talking about landing on Mars. The Perseverance rover could very well reach Martian ground in one piece, and…

February 12, 2021 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Breaking: Astronomers Confirm The Most Distant Known Object In The Solar System

It’s been just revealed that the most distant object in the Solar System has been just confirmed. Science Alert notes that FarFarOut is a large chunk of rock found in 2018 at a whopping distance of around 132 astronomical units…

February 11, 2021 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Astronomers Analyze the Hypothetical Existence of a Newfound Planet Close to Us

Discovering a new planet means higher chances of finding the extraterrestrial life that we’re all hoping for. However, scientists estimate that most planets in the Universe are complete wastelands where no organisms can survive. But until we can be completely…

February 10, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Opportunity of Becoming an ESA Astronaut Becomes Real

Let’s admit it: most boys hoped to become astronauts when they were little. While being an astronaut is still far less exciting than we see in sci-fi movies, going to the Moon or just above the Earth’s atmosphere still represent…

February 10, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

5 Tips For a Safer Approach to Hoisting

Care home employees are required to carry out a range of tasks that involve moving clients from one position to another. For example, from lying down in a bed to sitting in a chair. Clients also need to be moved…

February 10, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0