by blundun | Feb 14, 2024 | Science
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said Wednesday.For four days, the Smart Lander for...
by blundun | Feb 13, 2024 | Science
Archaeologists in the U.K. were shocked to learn that a 1,700-year-old Ancient Roman egg discovered in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire still had a yolk inside, according to reports.The discovery of the egg was announced in December 2019, after archaeologists with Oxford...
by blundun | Feb 11, 2024 | Science
NASA has detected a large grouping of sunspots — dark patches on the sun — known as AR3576, which have increased in size in the last month and could be a risk for strong solar flares. Solar flares, which are a large burst of energy on the sun’s surface, can pose...
by blundun | Feb 7, 2024 | Science
A set of ancient texts burned by the volcanic eruption on Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. have been deciphered thanks to a team of researchers using AI.The nearly 2,000-year-old texts were unreadable after being charred in a villa in Herculaneum, a Roman town near...
by blundun | Feb 5, 2024 | Science
Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher expressed confidence Monday about moving forward with a multibillion-euro project to build a larger and more powerful particle collider that could help unlock more mysteries of the universe.Leaders of the European...
by blundun | Feb 2, 2024 | Science
An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday.Don’t worry: There’s no chance of it hitting us since it will pass seven times the distance from Earth to the moon.NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimates the space...