According to Space.com, new estimates show that the Red Planet once held an ocean that covered 20 percent of its surface and up to a mile deep. While most of this water was lost to space, the rest remains buried under the surface and trapped in its icy poles. But[Read More…]

According to CBS News, a Chinese spacecraft lifted off the moon on December third with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its mission. Chang’e 5 is the third spacecraft of the China National Space Agency (CNSA) on the moon, and the first to take off from it[Read More…]

Centaurs are minor planets that have originated in the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system, sometimes comprised of comet-like features. Despite orbiting around planets Jupiter and Saturn where the temperature is too cold, the water readily sublimes from solid to gas.  Since 1927, only 18 active Centaurs have been[Read More…]

According to Fox News, new studies reveal that Apophis is speeding up and changing its predicted path, slowly pushing it closer to a possible impact in the future.  Also known as 99942 Apophis, the 1,120-foot wide space rock will fly within 23,441 miles of Earth in 2029, as well as[Read More…]

A Harvard professor believes that we were visited by an alien object in 2017, according to Yahoo. Theoretical physicist Avi Loeb explains his theory about a strange object that entered our solar system in 2017 in his upcoming book, “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.”  The interstellar[Read More…]

Cyber-security researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev recently discovered a computer attack that could allow hackers to remotely trick laboratory scientists into creating toxins and viruses. Medical professionals use synthetic DNA for a variety of reasons, including the development of immunogens for creating vaccines. The Ben-Gurion researchers developed[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: AFRICAN NEWS NETWORK The agency said it has issued an orange alert to the police forces in its 194 member countries, warning them against all types of criminal activities linked with the COVID-19 vaccine. While the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are being distributed and administered to[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: TIM FLACH/GETTY IMAGES Scientists have known that cellular reprogramming could reverse the aging process in mesenchymal stem/ stromal cells (MSCs), but the underlying mechanisms have not been clear. Newly reported research by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified a key role for the protein GATA6 in[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: CNN According to NASA, more than 4,500 exoplanets have been discovered, with only a small portion thought to have the properties to contain life. A new study, however, suggests that the galaxy may actually contain 300 million planets capable of supporting life. The research analyzed data from the[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: BUSINESS INSIDER According to Space.com, SpaceX performed its third static fire for its latest Starship prototype on November 12, but the test did not go as planned. The Starship SN8 (Serial No. 8) vehicle performed its third brief “static fire,” a test in which the engines are ignited[Read More…]