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Will NASA’s Opportunity Rover Call Home Now As The Dust Storm on Mars Settled?

The Sun begins to light again the Red Planet where NASA’s Opportunity rover hadn’t given any sign of life since June when a massive dust storm on Mars left the solar-powered robot without its “fuel,” the sunlight. The news that…

September 2, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

After Spending 40 years on Mars, a Viking Lander Scientist Confirms Life on the Red Planet

The twin Viking landers were NASA’s ambitious project which, in 1976, managed to touch Mars’s surface. They were used to answer one of the most difficult questions in the Universe: is there life on Mars? The principal investigator of the…

September 2, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Harvard’s Printer Force of Blasting Droplets is Stronger than the Gravitational Force of the Earth

Harvard University’s engineering school has developed a new printing techniw=que which fire and controls droplets from a nozzle at fast speeds using sound waves. How does it work? This printer will allow the researchers to print with liquids more viscous…

September 1, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Black Holes Can Revive Dead Stars, But Only Temporarily

The cosmos is a mysterious place. Researchers have discovered that black holes can revive dead stars. More specifically, only “close encounters” with medium-sized black holes could temporarily bring dead stars back to life. That, at least, is the conclusion of new research…

August 31, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Giant Meteor Exploded Over Perth, Australia

A massive space rock lighted up the night skies above Perth, Australia, yesterday. The giant meteor exploded over Perth causing a “boom” that rattled windows and shook houses’ walls as it was heading towards the Earth. The fireball in the…

August 30, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Reportedly, a Micrometeorite Hit the International Space Station Causing a Small Leak

It seems that a micrometeorite hit the International Space Station (ISS) causing a small leak. NASA is now working to contain that and the astronauts on board the Station should return to their regular duties as soon as possible. The…

August 30, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

New Research Achievement: First Electrons Acceleration in a Plasma Wave Driven by Protons

On the 26th of May 2018, for the first time, electrons were accelerated by a wakefield generated by protons which zipped through a plasma. The AWAKE collaboration at CERN stays behind this achievement. If you want to read more about…

August 30, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Frightening NASA Map Illustrates Aerosol Clouds over the Whole World

Based on a recent image released by NASA, it seems that the atmosphere of our planet is filled with harmful droplets and particles of aerosols. This new map illustrates in three different colors how certain substances cover the cities, oceans,…

August 30, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

NASA’s ATom Mission Revealed Significant Air Pollutants Levels Over Pacific, Atlantic, And Arctic Oceans

The NASA ATom mission, operating since 2016, has discovered striking levels of air pollutants over the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Noteworthy is the long-lasting smoke and dust layer in the tropical Atlantic. The survey plane sampled over 400 distinct gases…

August 29, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Ancient Insects Fossils Revealed Parasitic Wasps Inside Their Hosts

Studying some ancient insects fossils belonging to fly pupae from the Palaeogene, the researchers made the creepiest discovery of their life. They found 55 parasitic wasp larvae inside their hosts, common fly pupae in this case. Besides, the finding also led…

August 29, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

West Nile Virus Reported for the First Time in Hamilton

Another city in Canada has been added to the list of places affected by the West Nile virus, as the first human case of this disease was just confirmed in Hamilton, Ontario. At the moment, it looks like this illness…

August 29, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Vast Coral Reef Found Off The South Carolina Coasts

Researchers have uncovered a vast coral reef about a hundred miles off the South Carolina coasts, near the town of Charleston. The finding, reported earlier, is of great importance for the marine life, and, although it’s a novelty for scientists,…

August 28, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

New Type Of Neurons Found By Scientists In Humans

The human brain is still a mysterious organ that has surprised scientists since they started their earliest investigations. The newest of these surprises is a new type of neuron, with a rare rose-shaped appearance that gave the newly discovered neuronal…

August 28, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Higgs Boson Decay Observed After New Interaction Between “God Particle” And An Elementary Particle Took Place

Researchers at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, have discovered a new interaction between the Higgs boson, also known as “God Particle” and the elementary particle b-quark (bottom quark), they say in a statement, which led to the observation…

August 28, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

New AI System Designed To Spot Undetected Tumors In Cancer Patients

Any technology that can help us fighting cancer better is a great achievement. That’s precisely what a research team made of engineers and doctors from the University of Central Florida (UCF) developed. Namely, they came up with a new AI…

August 27, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0