The first crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program completed the agency’s […]
Tag: Science
James Webb Telescope Detects Potential Gas Giant Exoplanet Just 4 Light-Years Away
New observational evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has yet to launch, may change that. JWST astronomers have found tantalising hints of […]
Earliest Known Black Hole Found Just 500 Million Years After the Big Bang
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet, an ancient quasar more than 13 billion light years from our own Earth, incredibly close to […]
Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities
An estimated 476 million Indigenous Peoples live across 90 countries, representing 5,000 different cultures. Without proper safeguards, AI risks harming Indigenous rights through inequitable distribution […]
Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Feed Ocean Life, Study Finds
The process of Greenland’s ice sheet melting is not only raising sea levels, it is also feeding life in the ocean. As the most productive […]
NASA Aims to Deploy Nuclear Reactor on Moon by 2030 for Strategic Power
NASA’s interim leader Sean Duffy recently declared the U.S. space agency aims to place a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to provide […]
NASA Awards Firefly $177M for 2029 Mission to Deliver Rovers to Moon’s South Pole
NASA’s $176.7 million for Firefly is funding a contract to deliver two rovers and three science instruments to the south pole of the moon in […]
Study Reveals Growing Use of ChatGPT in Scientific Papers Across Multiple Disciplines
At the launch of ChatGPT during November 2022, industries from speech writing to legal services are using it. This led to a spark in the […]
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-10 Return, Splashdown
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 12:05 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 7, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission from the […]
Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Turns Out to Be Much Younger, Scientists Reveal in New Study
A location in Western Australia that used to be named as the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth is now actually a lot younger than […]
