Boeing’s Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first astronaut mission that it will likely be able to stay in orbit beyond the originally anticipated 45-day limit, NASA says. Starliner, which launched on June 5, is docked at the International Space Station (ISS) with an indefinite mission extension. The spacecraft is in good condition … Read more
A group of scientists with Chicago’s Field Museum recently discovered fossilized grape seeds that may link dinosaurs to today’s abundant wine offerings. The South American study discovered nine new fossil grape species dating back at least 19 million years – with the oldest found in a 60 million-year-old rock. Dr. Fabiany Herrera, assistant curator of … Read more
A mature male brown spider (Latrodectus geometricus). Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Invasive brown widow spiders on three continents were heavily infected with a single strain of Rhabdochlamydia, a bacterium related to major human and animal pathogens, including chlamydia. However, a bite from these spiders will not infect humans with chlamydia. Until now, Rhabdochlamydia … Read more
The main line The Northern Lights are forecast to return this week to the continental US after a weekend display in northern and eastern states — a prelude to the much stronger aurora borealis expected on Wednesday. KIRUNA, SWEDEN – MARCH 7: The Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, are seen in … … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been docked at the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly a month, with NASA and its commercial partner repeatedly delaying the launch of the crew aboard the capsule. Despite the indefinite postponement of Starliner’s return flight, NASA and Boeing insist the spacecraft is fully operational, capable of returning to Earth at … Read more
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels The spectacular aurora at the beginning of May this year showed the power that solar storms can unleash as radiation, but every now and then the sun does something far more destructive. Known as “solar particle events,” these bursts of protons directly from the sun’s surface can shoot out like … Read more
Space junk crash-landed in an upscale North Carolina location. A landscaping crew working at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, found a large mysterious object on May 22 that NASA confirmed was part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule that arrived at the International Station Space (ISS) in 2023. A large … Read more
Geologists digging into the massive West Antarctic ice sheet have uncovered the remains of an ancient river system that once flowed for nearly a thousand miles. The discovery provides a glimpse into Earth’s history and hints at how extreme climate change could alter the planet, according to their findings, published June 5 in the journal … Read more
Help Amputees Walk Naturally – YouTube Look at A pioneering surgical procedure provides amputees with bionic limbs that are controlled directly by the nervous system, enabling patients to sense the limb’s position in space. Scientists demonstrated the success of the technique in a new study of seven people who received bionic legs, which was published … Read more
At the beginning of this year, the quiet of a Florida neighborhood was shattered when a piece of waste from The International Space Station crashed into a house. That was followed in May by a 90-kilogram piece of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft crashing into a camping resort in North Carolina, raising the question: Are space … Read more