Newly discovered Moon metals make scientists rethink its origin story
How was the Moon formed? The most-widely-accepted theory suggests that billions of years ago, our young planet was struck by a body as large as Mars, forming the Moon. However,...
Why Earth won’t immediately cool off if we slash carbon emissions
The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high in May. That's because humanity kept emitting a prodigious amount of carbon, even through the worst pandemic...
AI finds 250 foreign stars that migrated to our galaxy
Astrophysicians have used AI to discover 250 new stars in the Milky Way, which they believe were born outside the galaxy. Caltech researcher Lina Necib named the collection Nyx, after the Greek goddess...
Watch SpaceX launch Starlink satellites equipped with ‘sun visors’ live – TechCrunch
SpaceX has a launch schedule for today, for a combined payload that includes 57 of its Starlink satellites, as well as two satellites it’s flying on behalf of BlackSky. The...
A neurologist explains how coronavirus impacts the brain
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re still learning what the disease can do. There are now detailed reports of brain illness emerging in people with relatively mild lung illness,...
New ‘Computer Prophet’ generates profound metaphors for life and death
Life is a prison in which we all live. Once the bars are down, it becomes obscene what everybody else is doing. So says the Computer Prophet, a new AI...
Autonomous driving startup turns its AI expertise to space for automated satellite operation – TechCrunch
Hungarian autonomous driving startup AImotive is leveraging its technology to address a different industry and growing need: autonomous satellite operation. AImotive is teaming up with C3S, a supplier of satellite...
Seriously, masks are your friend
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hello from the...
Hungry wolf shows up on the fat bear cams and scarfs dozens of fish
Alaska's Brooks River, home to the livestreaming bear cams, is the dominion of big, fat bears. Yet early Saturday morning, when the waterfall where the bears feast was quiet, a...
The importance of the space industry in a post-pandemic world
With all of the immense challenges we face on Earth this year, space can feel like an afterthought. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope of a growing space industry was...