EARTH’S position in the solar system could cause a major earthquake on the planet today, conspiracy theorists have warned. Mercury and the Sun have aligned in a way so that the “electromagnetic forces” from these celestial bodies could cause a…
A NASA illustration shows the Parker Solar Probe diving heat shield-first toward the sun. The probe’s elliptical orbit will take it closer and closer to the solar surface on every pass. The first mission to the sun has reached the…
A student just solved the mystery of why bubbles appear stuck in thin vertical tubes. A university student recently solved a question that’s puzzled physicists for over half a century: Why do gas bubbles appear to get stuck inside narrow…
Cancer and pregnancy may be more similar than you think, at the cellular level, anyway. Early in human pregnancy, cells from the placenta infiltrate a major artery in the uterus and overtake the cells there, according to the National Institutes…
A close-up view of the wingtip ESM sensors, or electronic support measures, on a U.S. Navy E-6A Mercury aircraft. To create the E-6B, Boeing modified the E-6A, adding various specialized equipment. A U.S. Navy “doomsday” aircraft, meant to survive a…
First place went to this colorful, fluorescent image of a tiny turtle embryo. Technicolor photos of delicate embryos, feathery mosquito headgear, a spider’s facial “hair” and an explosion of light in a frozen water droplet were just a few of…