Medicine & TechnologyNASA has reported that its most recent images of Saturn's moon Titan show a strange phenomenon occurring: gases within the atmosphere near both its north and south poles are glowing. The images were taken by a research team attempting to learn more about what Titan's atmosphere is made of.
As if this week's spectacular Orionid meteor shower wasn't enough, much or North America will be treated to an amazing partial solar eclipse this Thursday, Oct. 23.
Young would-be space explorers received some bad news this week. Due to the Sun entering in to a phase of relatively low solar activity, cosmic radiation is projected to increase to such levels that any prolonged manned space expedition would prove harmful and even deadly to the astronauts involved.
Google and other investors have decided to pump $542 million into a formerly little-known startup called Magic Leap, who seem to specialize in a yet-to-be-seen form of augmented reality.
Scientists are now claiming that Earth's magnetic field could potentially reverse itself in a shorter time frame than ever before thought possible. It has long been thought that our magnetic field flips every 450,000 years, however, a recent study has been published, which concludes that the most recent flip only took 100 years.
An announcement on Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warning consumers that over 4.7 million cars might be recalled due to defects in air bag systems nearly shutdown the NHTSA's safercar.gov website as millions of Americans attempted to find out if their cars were on the potential recall list.
Laser physicists at Australian National University have constructed a tractor beam that can both repel and attract objects, like a sort of shield-tractor beam combo.
This week is shaping up to be an exceptional one for astronomy. Fresh off the heals of the Orionid meteor shower comes another solar eclipse on Thursday, Oct. 23 which will be visible to most residents of North America.
Both Honda and its sister company Acura will reportedly debut two new car models at the upcoming 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. Honda will unveil its new HR-V compact crossover vehicle, while Acura will introduce its 2016 version of ILX sedan for the first time.
It's time for another one of Earth's annual meteor shower events, the Orionid meteor shower. Those who are willing to wake up early enough to catch a glimpse of the pre-dawn sky over the next week should be able to spot a few meteors are they streak across the morning sky.
Apple launched it's mobile payment system today that will allow users of certain iOS devices to make payments at participating retail locations using nothing more than their iPhone (or eventually, their Apple Watch).
Mars had a close call this past weekend as a comet passed so close to the Red Planet that NASA moved its three Mars orbiters to the opposite side of the planet hoping to shield them from the dust and gas debris left by the tail of Comet Siding Spring.
With the launch of OS X Yosemite this week, Apple has delivered a new operating system that is rich with new features that can make any Apple user's life easier, especially if you own an iOS device.