Why the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft looks like a snowman
Just over a year ago, courtesy of NASA’s New Horizons mission, we were treated to images of 2014MU69, a small object 6.6 billion kilometers from the sun – making it...
Here’s NASA’s new idea to get its stubborn Martian drill to work
Well over a year after NASA's InSight lander parachuted down to the Martian surface, the space agency still hasn't been able to drill too far into the red soil. NASA...
Sensors are the next big thing in space, not starships – TechCrunch
Understanding the opportunities available in the space industry — especially for early-stage companies and new founders — isn’t easy. The pool of people who have deep aerospace technical expertise isn’t...
Watch an earthquake startle a swarm of deep sea creatures
The deep sea is intense. Earlier in 2020, a robotic ocean explorer launched by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution captured a wild event along a mountainous ridge in the Caribbean...
Extreme locust plagues shown swarming Kenya in new video
No, these aren't fields blossoming with yellow flowers. It's a swarm of ravenous locusts. A biologist at Penn State University, David Hughes, posted footage of locusts swarming over Kenya on...
Antarctica’s record-setting heat brings stunning before-and-after pics
On Feb. 6, the ongoing impacts of climate change delivered a record-setting 65-degree day in the icy continent of Antarctica. Now you can see what that warming actually looks like....
Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile team with Airbus, China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell networks – TechCrunch
A new industry alliance led by Alphabet’s Loon high-altitude balloon technology company and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile stratospheric glider subsidiary aims to work together on standards and tech related to deploying network...
Why the warming oceans will get louder.
Every 10 minutes, the relentlessly warming oceans absorb 50 megatons of energy, the amount of energy released when detonating the largest-ever atomic bomb. These warming seas — which soak up...
Not fasting is killing us, but fasting can hurt us too. Here’s what to do.
There's a switch inside every cell in your body. Flip it on and you're in growth mode. Your cells start dividing — but in the process, they make a lot...
Japanese mission to land a rover on a Martian moon and bring back a sample is a go – TechCrunch
A bold mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to Mars’ two moons, including a lander component for one of them, is all set to enter the development phase...