Aubrey Clarke

Weird Parasitic Fungus Grows Out of the Rectum of 50 Million-Year-Old Fossilized Ant Preserved in Amber

06.29.2021 04:40 AM

Extinct parasitic fungus growing out the rectum of a 50-million-year-old fossilized ant is discovered perfectly preserved in amber.

New Horizons Nears July 14 Flyby Of Pluto

Pluto is Covered In Huge Red Patches; Scientists Don't Know What It Is

06.29.2021 04:30 AM

Delft University of Technology recreated Pluto's atmosphere in a lab and blasted them with plasma to know why there are huge red patches on the dwarf planet.

Venus Clouds 'Too Dry' to Support Life; What About Jupiter?

06.29.2021 04:10 AM

It is too dry and too acidic for microbial life to exist above the surface of Venus. But Jupiter has the right temperature and water activity to support life.

Clay Minerals in Gale Crater Show Say Mars Once Habitable

06.28.2021 23:25 PM

Clay minerals collected in Gale Crater on Mars suggests the Red Planet may have been habitable for up to a million of years.

NASA Mars InSight Lander Continues To Do Science Work Despite 'Death' Sentence

06.28.2021 22:17 PM

NASA Mars InSight lander powers through dust issue, can keep doing science work. If you are a robotic explorer on Mars, dust is evil. The dust-covered solar panels on NASA's InSight lander have hindered its functioning since early this year.

FDA Issues Warning For Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 Vaccines Over Rare Heart Inflammation

06.28.2021 04:30 AM

The US drug regulator adds a warning to the literature accompanying Moderna and Pfizer, noting a rare risk of heart inflammation after its use.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Launch Starship First Orbital Flight in July, Gwynne Shotwell Says

06.28.2021 00:45 AM

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has announced a tentative launch date for its first Starship orbital flight. But it may end up delayed if things do not go according to plan.

July is the Month of Comet NEOWISE and Other Sightings

Solar System Is Expecting a Visitor From the Oort Cloud Soon; Could It Be Among the Largest Comets Yet?

06.27.2021 23:47 PM

Estimated to be 100–200 kilometers across, the unusual wandering comet from the Oort Cloud will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2031.

COVID-19 Alpha, Beta Variants Now More Infectious, Evasive; Should We Worry?

06.27.2021 22:21 PM

Study says the spike protein of the Alpha (UK) and Beta (South Africa) variants have structural changes that make them more dangerous.

China Shares Amazing Footage, Sound From Zhurong Rover [WATCH]

06.27.2021 21:49 PM

China has released audio of what it says is its Zhurong rover arriving on the red planet and getting settled in.

Science Times - NASA Commands Martian Muck-Covered InSight Lander to Tidy Up; A Trick Developed the Sedentary Probe

NASA's Mars Insight Lander Might Die This Year Due to Martian Dust; Here's Why

06.27.2021 00:47 AM

NASA's Mars InSight lander is not getting power due to Martian dust covering its solar panels and could end its mission in the less than a year.

How Did Perseverance Rover Take a Selfie on Mars? NASA Explains Process

06.27.2021 00:31 AM

The process used to get the historic Mars Rover photo involved over a dozen people and took about a week to code.

Paracetamol Reportedly Not Effective Drug For Back Pain

Drinking Soda, Paracetamol to Treat Depression Cause Miscarriage Among Pregnant Woman NOT True

06.26.2021 23:00 PM

Health experts say there is no credible evidence that drinking cola mixed with paracetamol can treat depression or anxiety nor cause miscarriage among pregnant women.

Leave Jeff Bezos in Space After Blue Origins Launch: Petitions Got More Than 100,000 Signatures

06.25.2021 05:10 AM

Petitions to stop Jeff Bezos' Earth reentry collected more than 70,000 signatures combined. The one with the most signatures is titled "Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth."

China Wants to Have Crewed Mission, Bring Humans to Mars by 2033

06.25.2021 01:15 AM

China is eyeing 2033 for when it will send its first crewed mission to Mars. The goal of the mission will be to build a base and extract resources from the Red Planet.

Science Times - COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine: Study Shows Efficacy of Single Dose in Reducing Symptom Duration

Coronavirus Epidemic in East Asia Started 20,000 Years Ago, Study Claims

06.24.2021 23:40 PM

Traces of the coronavirus outbreak are evident in the genetic make-up of people from East Asia, experts say.

Starliner: 'Rosie the Rocketeer’ to Launch on Boeing’s Next Spaceship From Cape Canaveral

06.24.2021 22:35 PM

Rosie the Rocketeer is buckled in for the upcoming Boeing Starliner launch on July 30 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX Delays Transporter-2 Rideshare Mission on Falcon 9 Rocket Launch From Cape Canaveral

06.24.2021 21:47 PM

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch called Transporter-2. But they delayed its next mission to allow for more prelaunch checkouts.

Deadliest Space Tragedies: 5 Worst Disasters in History of Space Race

06.24.2021 05:32 AM

These five tragic space disasters have left a legacy that makes spaceflight much safer today. Space is notoriously difficult to prepare for. It's truly "rocket science," as Richard Branson put it when discussing his Virgin Galactic project.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Gives Update On Starship Launch Vehicle At Texas Launch Facility

Elon Musk: SpaceX Crew Dragon Might Spend Halloween in Space While Tesla Undergoes Investigation

06.24.2021 03:18 AM

Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to land some things near trouble as Tesla gets investigated. SpaceX has had a busy year, as seen by its 19 completed flights and 12 planned flights in 2021.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight

NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Successfully Stayed 77.4 Seconds on Air for Its 8th Flight

06.24.2021 01:46 AM

NASA is not sharing many details about Ingenuity's eighth test flight, what it has said is that the helicopter flew for 77.4 seconds over a distance of 160 meters.

Did Radio Waves From Earth Reach More Than 1,700 Star Systems? Here's What Experts Say

06.24.2021 00:09 AM

More than 1,700 nearby stars could have seen Earth and potentially detected life here, and four of those stars are known to possess rocky planets of their own.

Early COVID-19 Samples Were 'Secretly' Deleted From NIH Database, Reports Claim

06.24.2021 00:02 AM

Some early samples of the virus submitted by a Chinese researcher were deleted from a shared database, an expert in the evolution of viruses says.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches Communications Satellite

Space Development Agency Taps SpaceX Transporter-2 In Bringing 5 Satellites to Space

06.23.2021 06:08 AM

SDA’s experiments were done in collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

National Coffee Day Celebrates 100 Million US Coffee Drinkers

Drinking 3 to 4 Cups of Coffee a Day Could Cut Risk of Liver Cancer, Study Says

06.23.2021 03:12 AM

Drinking up to three or four cups of coffee a day reduces your risk of developing and dying from chronic liver diseases.

"Clash of Titans": Despite Glitch, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Collision Between 2 Galaxies

06.23.2021 01:09 AM

The two galaxies are in the final phase of their merger and astronomers expect a powerful flow of gas to trigger a frantic burst of star formation in the resulting compact galaxy.

China Launches Astronauts To Space Station

China's Long March Rocket Creates Weird 'Dr. Strange' Spiral Over the Southwest Pacific

06.23.2021 00:19 AM

A spiral appeared in the sky over the southwest Pacific islands on June 18. An astronomer revealed that it formed from gas released by China's Long March rocket.