Science

“Small and deceptively cute, but definitely not harmless” is how scientists have described a new species of ancient whale, from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on Victoria’s surf coast. This early species, called Janjucetus dullardi, was an extremely unusual animal, said Dr Erich Fitzgerald, senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology at Museums Victoria Research Institute. It was tiny – about the size …

There is a great total lunar eclipse coming up in a few weeks, and it will be enjoyed by the vast majority of people on the planet from Oceania to Brazil! The event will happen, depending on your time zone, during the evening between September 7 and 8, and from partiality to the total spectacle of the so-called “blood Moon” …

Why Starship’s 10th flight could launch as early as this weekend  MySA SpaceX offering rides to planet its ship hasn’t landed on yet  Chron How SpaceX modified Pad 1 for Ship Static Fire tests to cover Massey’s downtime  NASASpaceFlight.com – Sheriff’s office responds after lawyers for Cincinnati imam say he was put in solitary  yahoo.com Markets bet on whether SpaceX will launch another Starship …

Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope caught this stunning image of the Tarantula nebula, the largest and brightest stellar factory in the Large Magellanic Cloud  —  a dwarf galaxy orbiting our own. What is it? The Tarantula nebula is home to some of the largest known stars, boasting masses up to 200 times that of our sun. The Hubble Space Telescope …

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified the earliest black hole found thus far, dating back to more than 13 billion years ago. The black hole and its home galaxy, together dubbed CAPERS-LRD-z9, existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. Its properties could help researchers understand what the universe was like in that elusive early …

Many people have looked Death in the eye sockets and survived to tell others about it, but few situations speak as much to the imagination as situations where there’s absolutely zero prospect of rescuers swooping in. Top among these is the harrowing tale of the Apollo 13 moon mission and its crew – commanded by James “Jim” Lovell – as …

The Vulcan rocket checks off several important boxes for the Space Force. First, it relies entirely on US-made rocket engines. The Atlas V rocket it is replacing uses Russian-built main engines, and given the chilled relations between the two powers, US officials have long desired to stop using Russian engines to power the Pentagon’s satellites into orbit. Second, ULA says …

We’ve all been enjoying these bright full moons of summer, but a black moon is now on the rise. Not an official astronomical term, a black moon refers to the second new moon in a single calendar month, or the third of four in one astronomical season. It’s essentially the dark side of a blue moon. The Aug. 22 new …

Six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will appear in a dark night sky together for almost a week, beginning Sunday, Aug. 17. The fairly rare “planetary parade,” which is sometimes mistakenly called a planetary alignment, will continue through Wednesday, Aug. 20. The celestial gathering, last seen in February, will appear in the eastern sky about …

Just a moment… Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue This request seems a bit unusual, so we need to confirm that you’re human. Please press and hold the button until it turns completely green. Thank you for your cooperation! Press and Hold Press and hold the button If you believe this is an error, please contact our support team. 209.74.74.26 …