In 1676, by studying the motion of Jupiter's moon Io, Danish astronomer Ole Rømer calculated that light travels at a finite speed. Two years later, building on data gathered by Rømer, Dutch mathemati… [+6818 chars]
THE INTERNATIONAL Space Station had to swerve to avoid a piece of Russian space debris over the weekend. According to CBS space reporter William Harwood, the ISS required a "reboost manoeuvre" on Sa… [+2842 chars]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected i… [+3893 chars]
A Harvard scientist wants to investigate a meteor that is said to be an alien technology and currently lying at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Last week, a document released by the United States … [+2072 chars]
A protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultura… [+3553 chars]
As we speak, there’s a crisis playing out in physics. Does time exist? And if not, how do we explain our universe? It’s an absurd notion to question the very fabric of our reality; the clock, the cal… [+5397 chars]
THE INTERNATIONAL Space Station had to swerve to avoid a piece of Russian space debris over the weekend. According to CBS space reporter William Harwood, the ISS required a "reboost manoeuvre" on Sa… [+2842 chars]
The first all-private crew to travel to the International Space Station, comprised of three millionaire businessmen and their former NASA astronaut escort, is returning to Earth today Their journey … [+2547 chars]
By Doug Norrie | 2 hours ago Ever been able to see a moon crash all the way into a planet before? Me neither, but one day folks might get that very chance. Though its going to take a while. Scienti… [+2717 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
New research surrounding Pluto has revealed that the planet is subjected to chaotic perturbance and changes over shorter time scales, with the planet being stable, relatively, at larger timescales. … [+1714 chars]
INRS researchers and international partners have succeeded in looking at spin inside rare earth materials, using a tabletop ultrafast soft-X-ray microscope, for the first time. MONTRÉAL AND VARENNES… [+4822 chars]
