An uncommon rainbow snake was seen slithering through a Florida woods a week, marking the first time in 50 years that the multicolored serpent was seen in the region, experts stated. Tracey Cauthen stumbled upon the 4-foot rainbow snake through a rise in Ocala National Forest at Marion County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation […]
When searching for dark matter, astronomers must go on a sort of “ghost hunt.” That’s because dark matter is an invisible substance that cannot be seen directly. Yet it makes up the bulk of the universe’s mass and forms the scaffolding upon which galaxies are built. Dark matter is the gravitational “glue” that holds galaxies […]
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation may be starting to take shape in orbit, but we’re only just starting to find out what the user-experience of the internet service will be like down on the ground. Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to build a network of satellites tens of thousands in number will eventually, if the plan pans […]
Working on a meteorite first discovered in 1951, a group of researchers has now found a rare form of an iron-carbide mineral never before seen in nature. The finding is the key prerequisite for the new mineral to later be officially recognized as such by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA). The Wedderburn meteorite was found in a […]
Space is not on fire, but you can’t be blamed for thinking it might be after a look at this “burning” cloud. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured a fiery image of a gigantic collection of gas and dust that stretches over 500 light-years across. The fiery glow of the Perseus Molecular Cloud, which makes it look […]
Only percent of human DNA codes for proteins, and approximately half of the rest of the genome is made up of what used to be called “junk” sequences that can copy themselves into RNA or DNA and jump from one location to another. Previous research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) had revealed […]
SEATTLE/CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s (BA.N) stunted Friday debut of its astronaut capsule threatens to dent the U.S. aerospace incumbent’s self-declared competitive advantage of mission reliability against the price and innovation strengths of “new space” players like Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, has anchored its attempt to repel space visionaries […]
A space ‘tow truck’ designed to remove dead satellites from Earth’s orbit has been commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA). The project, which has received £10 million in backing from the British Government, will begin the monumental task of getting rid of thousands of defunct satellites. ESA selected a Swiss start-up called ClearSpace for […]
A test-firing of a twice-flown Falcon 9 booster Friday at Cape Canaveral paved the way for SpaceX’s next launch, scheduled for Monday night with a heavyweight Boeing-built communications satellite to beam broadband signals to Japan and the Pacific islands. SpaceX is readying the Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff with the JCSAT 18/Kacific commercial communications satellite […]
A flickering blackhole located relatively close within our Milky Way Galaxy was filmed in amazing details with help of high-scale frame-rate techniques. This has surely helped us understand all the dynamics of the enigmatic space objects. This black hole, termed MAXI J1820+070 was actually discovered in the year 2018. It has been estimated to be […]