Tiny glass beads reveal the timing of lunar craters with major impacts on Earth could coincide
by Death from heaven must not be an isolated case. Instead, larger asteroid impacts can be accompanied by smaller objects hitting Earth — and the moon, …
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Lamborn: “Merit on Both Sides” of Space National Guard Debate
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Gen. John Raymond are supporting the creation of a hybrid active reserve component that will offer full-time and part-time …
China says US hacked university with ‘Trinktee’ cyber-sniffing weapon
Chinese cybersecurity experts have accused the US National Security Agency (NSA) of launching cyberattacks on a university in northwest China using a malware program dubbed …
Why elephants don’t get cancer
Scientists call it Peto’s paradox: cancer is caused by gene mutations that accumulate in cells over time, but long-lived, cell-dense animals, like elephants and whales, …
Crew-5 launch preparations continue amid hurricane threat
WASHINGTON — NASA is for the time being moving forward with plans to launch the next crew to the International Space Station early next week …
The world’s largest living thing is showing signs of dissolution
A Utah State University ecologist warns that one of the world’s largest living things, a colony of genetically identical trees sharing a single root system, …
Mexico Earthquake Triggers Desert Tsunami in Death Valley Cave Containing World’s Rarest Fish
Last week, Mexico experienced a major earthquake that killed at least two people. Given the magnitude of 7.6, there were fears the death toll could …
What flu shot should I get?
It’s that time of year for flu shots, but you may not know that there is more than one type of flu vaccine. In fact, …
NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid
Dimorphos is a lump of space rock so far from Earth we don’t even know what it looks like – and on Monday we’re going …
Why did the Roman Empire split in two?
An old saying goes that Rome wasn’t built in a day, which means great projects take time to complete. That Roman Empirefor example, was gradually …