NASA is set to begin live-streaming its programming on Netflix, including rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks and Earth views from the International Space Station, to the “widest possible audience” starting this summer, the space agency announced Monday. With Netflix, NASA+ will…
An artist’s impression of our Milky Way. (Image credit: ESO Calçada) Astronomers have reported new evidence that our planet and the Milky Way galaxy are located inside a vast void that is distorting our observations of space. A bold proposal…
A new study has shown that specialized cells in the gut help to digest the skeletons that pythons eat. (Image credit: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo) Researchers have discovered that specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus)…
Blue Origin sent six more tourists into space and back from Texas on Sunday as part of its 13th passenger flight. The New Shepard rocket lifted off Sunday at 10:39 a.m. ET with Ellie and Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddy…
Moas were hunted to extinction about 600 years ago, but scientists are now seeking to bring them back. (Image credit: Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) This majestic flightless bird, which lived in New Zealand and went extinct about 600…
A Japanese organisation has launched a rocket designed to monitor sea temperatures and greenhouse gas levels as part of its global initiative to study the impact of climate change on the atmosphere. The Japanese aerospace company conducted its 50th and…
SpaceX launched 27 more Starlink satellites on Saturday morning, setting a new record by preparing the launch pad for another launch just two days after the previous launch from the same site in Florida. Thirteen hours later, a private company…
Researchers have used controlled temperature changes to make a quantum material switch between different states, a discovery that is expected to speed up electronics. (Image credit: Matthew Moduno/Northeastern University) A new approach to changing electronic states on demand could make…
NOAA on Thursday predicted weak to moderate harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie this summer. This year’s bloom is expected to reach a HAB intensity index of 3, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A moderate bloom…
July will start with bright flashes of light across the US to celebrate Independence Day, but later this month the cosmos will have its own light show and a host of other celestial events for astronomy enthusiasts. From weather-induced full…