Video: SpaceX catch its nosecone fairing with ease

Video: SpaceX catch its nosecone fairing with ease

A SpaceX first-stage booster launched and landed for a record sixth time on Tuesday, August 18. It was also the 100th SpaceX launch since...
Greenland's ice sheet saw record mass loss in 2019, says new research

Greenland’s ice sheet saw record mass loss in 2019, says new research

After a brief period of moderate ice loss, the Greenland ice sheet melted in 2019 at the fastest rate ever measured. Greenland set a new...
Scientists spot closest Earth-buzzing asteroid ever recorded

Scientists spot closest Earth-buzzing asteroid ever recorded

Scientists have identified an asteroid that’s just made the closest pass to Earth ever recorded – and it was only spotted after it had...
Incredible fossil reveals final meal of massive marine carnivore

Incredible fossil reveals final meal of massive marine carnivore

When paleontologists digging in a quarry in southwestern China uncovered the nearly complete skeleton of a giant, dolphin-like marine reptile known as an ichthyosaur,...
Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth, Researchers Say

Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth, Researchers Say

Killer cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could be the culprit behind at least one mass extinction event, researchers said, and finding certain radioactive isotopes...
NASA: Tiny Asteroid Buzzes by Earth - the Closest Flyby on Record

NASA: Small Asteroid Buzzes by Earth – the Closest Flyby on Record

Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for...
Study: AI automatic tuning delivers step forward in Quantum computing

Study: AI automatic tuning delivers step forward in Quantum computing

Researchers at Oxford University, in collaboration with DeepMind, University of Basel and Lancaster University, have created a machine learning algorithm that interfaces with a...
Who was Julius Lothar Meyer? German physician and chemist, Celebrated With a Google Doodle

Who was Julius Lothar Meyer? German physician and chemist, Celebrated With a Google Doodle

Google is celebrating today Julius Lothar Meyer's 190th Birthday with Doodle in the US and few other countries.. Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 –...
Study: Bee neighborly -- sharing bees helps more farmers

Study: Bee neighborly — sharing bees helps more farmers

Many farmers are used to sharing big equipment -- like tractors and other costly machinery -- with neighboring farms. Sharing cuts costs, lowers the...
NASA discovers huge 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field, Researchers Say

NASA discovers huge ‘dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field, Researchers Say

NASA researchers track slowly splitting 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field. Earth's magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged...

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