Archaeologists are investigating traces of “witches” found carved in the ruins of a medieval church that existed in England 700 years ago. The collapsed structure was exposed in Stoke Mandeville during a construction project for a high-speed railway that was
This illustration shows a sliding-down reconstruction of Ambopteryx. Credit: Gabriel Ogitto Despite having bat-like wings, two small dinosaurs, Yi and Ambopteryx, struggled to fly and managed to clumsily slide between the trees in which they lived, researchers report today (Oct.22,
The little dead star who stunned us earlier this year hasn’t finished fooling around. The Magnetar SGR 1935 + 2154, which in April launched the first known fast radio explosion from within the Milky Way, erupted again, giving astronomers another
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the Starship and Raptor’s first static fire was a success, opening the door to nosecone installation. At around 3:13 a.m. CST, on October 20, the Starship 8 serial number (SN8) succeeded They launched three
It can survive being run over by a car, pecked by predators and crushed underfoot. Researchers have now revealed the secrets behind the near indestructibility of the demon beetle. The beetle is found in wooded areas of the west coast
A NASA spacecraft landed on the rugged surface of the asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, taking a sample of rocks dating from the birth of the solar system to bring it home. It was the first for the United States –
a NASA The spacecraft landed on an asteroid, avoiding rocks the size of buildings, in order to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for analysis back on Earth. The space agency team in charge of the Osiris-Rex project said preliminary
What is the mission of Osiris Rex? On Tuesday, a NASA spacecraft, Osiris Rex, will try to briefly touch the asteroid Bennu, absorbing some rocks and dirt. If successful, it would bring these materials back to Earth for closer study,
As part of the Starship program, SpaceX began trying earlier prototypes in late 2019 and early 2020, and lost three vehicles during various proof tests. In May, the company successfully tested an entire tank division of its Starship (SN4) vehicle
Artistic rendition of NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft collecting a sample of the asteroid Bennu. NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona NASA’s Osiris Rex spacecraft It will briefly land a large asteroid on Tuesday and will pick up some rocks and