Tag: Science

New Telescope Detects Hundreds of Mysterious Radio Signals, Sources Still Unknown

An astronomical phenomenon called fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been getting a lot of attention, as a new telescope is able to detect them far more often than was previously possible. These fast pulses of radio signals last only one to a few milliseconds, but on average they can release as much energy as our…


Winning Auction Bid to Fly in Space With Jeff Bezos: $28 Million

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid Saturday. The Amazon founder’s rocket company, Blue Origin, did not disclose the winner’s name following the live online auction. The identity will be revealed in a couple weeks—closer to the brief…


Exceptional Cosmic Explosion Challenges Established Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Scientists have obtained the best view so far of the most powerful type of cosmic explosion, which happened this time in our cosmological “backyard.” Using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), the research team recorded the most energetic radiation and longest gamma-ray afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever observed. The results challenged the established…


Scientists Hail Golden Age to Trace Bird Migration With Tech

TAKOMA PARK, Md.—A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack. Ecologist Emily Williams watches through binoculars from behind a bush. On this clear spring day, she’s snooping on his dating life. “Now I’m watching…


UK Man Stumbles on Rare 18th-Century Coin While Walking His Son’s Dog—Named Lucky

A rare 18th-century coin was discovered by a man in the UK while out walking his son’s dog—whose name is Lucky. Last month, Norman Atkinson, 66, stumbled on the George IV 1775 halfpenny while on a public footpath on Highdown Hill in the South Downs. The gardener, of Littlehampton, West Sussex, went on eBay to see…


Ted Cruz: Facebook Could be Held Liable for Actions and Correspondence With Dr. Fauci

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Facebook could be taken to court by those users that had their posts about the Wuhan lab (China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology ) leak censored, since recently disclosed emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci show there was correspondence between him and Mark Zuckerberg, after which Facebook started censoring such information….


New NASA Leader Doesn’t Think UFO Sightings Are Optical Illusions

NASA’s new administrator raised doubts on the idea that the mysterious flying objects caught on camera by U.S. Navy pilots were just optical illusions. Bill Nelson, NASA’s recently appointed leader, is a former Florida senator and a spaceflight veteran. In an interview with CNN, he said that even to the higher authorities of the space…


Bezos Plans To Go to Space Aboard Blue Origin Flight in July

Jeff Bezos will be aboard for Blue Origin’s first human space flight next month. In an Instagram post early Monday, Bezos said he, his brother, and the winner of an ongoing auction, will be aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft during its scheduled launch on July 20. July 20 is the anniversary of the Apollo…


US Intel Report on UFOs: No Evidence of Aliens, But. …

WASHINGTON—Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. U.S. intelligence is after them, but its upcoming report won’t deliver any full or final truth about UFOs. The tantalizing prospect of top government intel finally weighing in—after decades of conspiracy theories, TV shows, movies and winking jokes by presidents—will instead yield a more mundane reality…


NASA Plans 2 New Missions to Venus, Its First in Decades

LOS ANGELES—NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030—its first in decades—to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet and better understand why the two emerged so differently. The U.S. space agency said it was awarding about $500 million each to develop…