2019-03-01
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Challenger Astronaut Christa McAuliffe’s Science Lessons to be Taught from the ISS
January 24, 2018On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched with America's first civilian to be sent into space, Christa McAuliffe. McAuliffe was chosen from a list of over 11,000 applicants for NASA's Teacher in Space Project, aimed at sending civilian... continued
The Afterglow of a Neutron Star Collision Continues to Brighten Months After the Event
January 23, 2018A collision that occurred between two neutron stars in a galaxy 138 million light years from Earth was observed in August of 2017, generating both gravitational waves that were detected by the LIGO and Virgo gravity-wave observatories, and a gamma-ray... continued
Global Warming in the Arctic has Broken Climate Change Data Algorithms
January 20, 2018While the global average temperature continues to rise, it does so disproportionately around the world: the closer to the poles one gets, the more drastic this temperature rise becomes, a phenomenon in climate science called Polar Amplification. This effect has... continued
Michigan Meteor Causes 2.0 Earthquake — and may have Reached the Earth’s Surface
January 19, 2018The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that a bright meteor that broke up over the Detroit area on the evening of January 16 caused a 2.0 magnitude earthquake in Michigan. The meteorite fell about five miles (8 kilometers) from... continued
Massive Reservoirs of Ice have been Found just under the Surface of Mars
January 18, 2018A significant layer of water ice has been spotted across the mid latitudes of Mars, located just a few feet below the planet's surface. This new finding adds a new layer to the geological history of the Red Planet, and... continued
Australian Firehawks Deliberately Start Wildfires to Flush Out Prey
January 17, 2018Adding to the list of animals that make use of tools, it turns out that Australian raptors deliberately set fires to flush out prey, picking up burning sticks from an existing fire and dropping them onto dry grass to start... continued
Does the Mysterious Big Void in the Great Pyramid hold a Throne made from Extraterrestrial Metal?
January 16, 2018Last November, the Scan Pyramids project unveiled evidence that there is a 30-meter (100-foot) chamber running above the Grand Gallery in the Great Pyramid at Giza. The image of the chamber, produced by muon tomography (basically an x-ray of the... continued
Researchers use AI to Decode Human Thought Patterns
January 13, 2018Researchers at Japan's Kyoto University have developed a new artificial intelligence program that can be used to decode human thought patterns, translating brain scans into pictures of not only what the subject is looking at, but also simply remembering, into... continued
The Hypatia Stone Meteorite may be Older than the Solar System — or from Somewhere Else Altogether
January 12, 2018A new analysis of a small rock called the Hypatia Stone, presumed to be a fragment from a comet, reveals that it might either be from outside the Solar System, or older than the Sun itself. Discovered in 1996 in... continued
2017 was the Second Hottest Year on Record, Barely Beating an El Niño-Fueled 2016
January 11, 2018Europe's Copernicus Programme has announced that 2017 was the world's second hottest year on record, coming in at only 0.1ºC cooler than 2016's El Niño-influenced record at 1.2ºC (2.2ºF) above pre-industrial levels, with 2017 actually being the hottest year on... continued