(WTAJ) –NASA’s rocket launch scheduled for Monday night at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia may be visible in Pennsylvania as a small object streaking through the sky. Check the skies for li… [+1083 chars]
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able… [+7458 chars]
The Moon is seen rising behind NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard. Credit: NASA / Aubrey Gemignani Edinburgh / Cape Canaveral, 21 March 2022. – NASAs Space Launc… [+1354 chars]
A plethora of worlds and a bright star will be visible in the early morning Wednesday (March 23) to predawn risers. All in the sky during the same period will be ringed Saturn, bright Mars, and clou… [+2393 chars]
Astronomers using data gathered from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have characterised a cataclysmic collision between two planetesimals in orbit around HD 166191. The star is located at a distance o… [+3244 chars]
Our solar system was shaped by massive collisions between rocky bodies. Observations of a similar accident provide information about how common such crashes occur near other stars. This illustration… [+4876 chars]
A new crystalline form of water ice has been discovered in fleeting transitions between phases at high pressures. It's called Ice-VIIt, and it takes place as the substance slides between two already… [+3836 chars]
A research team led by Prof. Liu Baozhong from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) revealed that cytoskeletal molecules (actomyosin) play a key role in the early sh… [+2392 chars]
The field of extrasolar planet studies is undergoing a seismic shift. To date, 4,940 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,711 planetary systems, with another 8,709 candidates awaiting confirmation. Wi… [+8496 chars]
After James Webb Space Telescope officials released a stunning image of a single star, the team is ready to get other telescope parts in line with the observatory's mirrors. The $10 billion telescop… [+3921 chars]
In the coming weeks, Coloradans will have the chance to see one of the oldest recorded meteor showers dazzle the night sky. The 2022 Lyrid Meteor Shower is expected to peak on the night of April 21… [+1138 chars]
Humankind has always been looking for an answer to the question of how life began and coming up with different theories on the origin of life. But now for almost two centuries, Darwin's theory of evo… [+3388 chars]
