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Even if automation makes human trafficking economically inefficient, that alone won’t end this unethical practice.
The greatest space program spinoff? Human collaboration.
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There are places in our solar system where you can fly.
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A new NASA report shakes up lunar geology.
The Earth is warming, and humans aren’t doing nearly enough to combat it. Could partially blocking the sunlight be the solution? It’s 2020, and not only is the Earth warmer […]
Credit: NASA NASA this week unveiled its new plan that many are calling “bold” and other lofty adjectives, with a 10-to-20-year span, each phase of which is somewhat dependent on […]
NASA announced the five winners of the latest phase of its 3D-Printing Habitat Competition for designing the structures to be used by humans on Mars.
If confirmed by future observations, this would be the most significant discovery of liquid water on Mars yet.
Breakthrough Starshot is moving ahead with an audacious vision for space exploration.
Two of our biggest science-fiction dreams might not remain fiction for much longer. Here’s how 21st-century science could make it real. For as long as human beings have looked up at […]
No, it won’t be as big as the moon, as some have claimed. Still, it will be a nice show for the next month or so.
Calling all enterprising scientists who are dying to retire … or just put some cool cash into the bank.
On January 20/21, half of Earth will experience a total lunar eclipse. For the first time in 19 years, this includes all of North and South America. When the Sun, Earth, […]
If fair treatment for all is something that’s important to you, here’s how you can help level an uneven playing field. In some ways, it’s true that life isn’t fair for […]
The spike in measles cases stems from three outbreaks in Washington and New York.
Physicist Michio Kaku discusses the main difficulties humans face in colonizing Mars and how to overcome them.
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Designed for a 90-day mission each, dust killed the overachieving Spirit and threatens to now kill Opportunity. But it didn’t have to be this way. In 2004, NASA launched two exploration […]
Wind power on Mars makes it possible for any rover or other craft to collect power at the poles or other areas on the planet that don’t get constant sunlight.
In a major announcement today, NASA reveals that its rover found organic compounds and methane.
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NASA has found organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater on Mars. Is it just a matter of time before life is discovered on the red planet?
There’s a big difference between evidence and wishful thinking. The story of how life arose on Earth is one of the great mysteries of modern science. We know, in many […]
Test post for YT video in lead media and for slideshow with JWPlayer videos People wait for the sun to go down to view Mars at the Chabot Space and […]
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Digging deeper into last week’s revelations about the Red Planet.
These ten ghostly astronomical sights house some deep-and-frightening scientific truths within them. With a huge suite of different observatories for viewing the Universe, innumerable details can be revealed. This ‘Godzilla’ asterism […]
Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
You won’t notice much of a difference unless you’re north of the 55th parallel, though.
Researchers find out why some people believe utter BS.