Science

Why NASA astronauts are delayed at the space station after Boeing Starliner launch

Daisy Hips

NEW YORK (AP) — When two veteran NASA astronauts blasted off on a test drive of Boeing’s new capsule, they ...

Boeing delays Starliner return, NASA says astronauts aren’t stranded

Daisy Hips

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station orbiting above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast on June 13, 2024. ...

Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists

Daisy Hips

Researchers investigated three mysterious objects in the early universe. Shown here are their color images, composited from three NIRCam filter ...

A harmless asteroid will whiz past Earth Saturday. Here’s how to spot it

Daisy Hips

An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it. ...

NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captures huge volcano, nears 100,000 orbits

Daisy Hips

This infographic highlights just how much data and how many images NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has collected in its ...

Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group

Daisy Hips

Microtomographic reconstruction of the head and anterior trunk (“body”) limbs of the trilobite Protolenus (Hupeolenus) in ventral view. Credit: Arnaud ...

Gravitational wave researchers cast new light on Antikythera mechanism mystery

Daisy Hips

Antikythera mechanism. Credit: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece Techniques developed to analyze the ripples in spacetime detected by one of ...

Aging Might Not Be Inevitable

Debi Johnson

In 1997, a French woman named Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122. She was the world’s oldest verified ...

People who sit at desk for more than 6 hours a day warned to add thing to their diet

Debi Johnson

Published 18:32 26 Jun 2024 GMT+1 And if you’re already having it, then it could be cutting your risk od ...

Israeli university invents self-repairing glass in major discovery

Daisy Hips

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have successfully manufactured a new type of glass which, while maintaining its transparency, is ...