by blundun | Nov 9, 2023 | Science
The most distant and oldest black hole ever seen using NASA telescopes may explain how some of the celestial voids in the universe formed, according to the agency’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. A black hole 13.2 billion light-years from Earth was spotted at the...
by blundun | Nov 9, 2023 | Science
If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil in greenhouses on the moon and expect a bumper crop – or any...
by blundun | Nov 6, 2023 | Science
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, which was launched in October 2021 to research Jupiter’s asteroids, snapped a picture of a smaller asteroid near Mars last week, which presented scientists with a shocking surprise. The asteroid Lucy snapped a picture of is named Dinkinesh, and...
by blundun | Nov 2, 2023 | Science
With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall. But it didn’t happen. Instead this year’s ozone hole was about average size for the last 20 years, even a...
by blundun | Nov 1, 2023 | Science
Is it Halloween in outer space? NASA has released X-ray images of a dead collapsed star that looks eerily like the bones of a “ghostly cosmic hand.” The spooky images, released just before Halloween and taken from two of NASA’s X-ray space telescopes, show...
by blundun | Oct 29, 2023 | Science
Living in space for months inevitably leads to unforeseen problems, and overcoming them requires adaptability and flexibility, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station told Fox News. “We have had some unexpected challenges in the last couple of...
