President Vladimir Putin recently announced that a team of Russian scientists had developed a COVID-19 vaccine and that it had been approved for use by the regulators – at least,...
Oh, hiding away, eh? The solar wind delivers hydrogen, usually discouraging the oxidation of iron into hematite on the lunar surface. However, each full moon finds our planetary companion behind...
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced $21.75 million in awards today for a variety of scientific achievements. One in particular is a tech/science crossover: A $3M award to David Baker, whose...
The dystopia is colored orange. The profoundly dense smoke layer over the San Francisco region on Sept. 9, born from California's record-breaking fire season, resulted in a dramatically orange glow...
NASA wants to procure samples of lunar soil from private contractors, the agency announced today in a blog post by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. This is part of the agency’s...
A sight for sore eyes Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed...
Wildfire experts and meteorologists are aghast at the explosion in Western wildfires. Massive, rapidly moving fires have come alive in California, Washington, and Oregon as potent winds fanned flames over...
Over Labor Day weekend, the National Weather Service posted footage of a parade of tumbleweed's vigorously blowing through Idaho. In much of the Western U.S., the weather has been extreme...
It’s impolite to ask a black hole its mass The pair of black holes likely spun into each other prior to their collision. Image credit: Northwestern University. One of the...
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