On August 19 of this year, astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System Observatory (Pan-STARRS) in Hawaii discovered an object heading to enter Earth’s orbit this fall. Designated as the 2020 SO object, the element is now
Gold miners discovered a massive meteor crater three miles wide that formed about 100 million years ago in outback Australia A meteor crater has been detected in remote areas of Western Australia The crater is three miles long and formed
Image copyright Daniel Apples / Duke University An unknown shy whale surprised scientists by staying submerged for about four hours. Cuvier-billed whales are famous for their ability to dive deep and average about an hour underwater. But the researchers were
Zoom in / NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein says the competition is good for Artemis Moon. The odds of NASA returning humans to the moon by 2024 Is a long time– Not zero, but very close. Funding is perhaps the biggest
Does Earth have the second discovery of a small moon in 2020? Unlikely. NASA We have a huge moon looming on the horizon and you might think that’s enough of the moons. But sometimes, the Earth becomes greedy and begins
Micrograph showing a circular portion of steel trapped in the slag. picture: Departure of Alibor / Archeology at the University of California Chromium steel, commonly referred to as stainless steel, is thought to be a recent industrial innovation, but new
Astronomers have identified a new small moon that is about to join Earth’s orbit – but it is believed to be a man-made space junk. Usually, small moons are asteroids that temporarily join Earth’s orbit before being pushed back into
We all know and love our moon. It has been Earth’s constant companion for billions of years, a mainstay of the sky. But he is not our only companion. Every now and then, a smaller object is temporarily captured in
High temperatures in North Pole The ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk this year to its second lowest level in four decades, scientists announced, in another sign of how the climate crisis is rapidly changing the region. Satellites recorded
Unsure if the shrimp is a new species, Dr. Rajai asked Martin Schwentner, lead author of the paper and a researcher at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna who studies similar crustaceans in Australia, to take a look. When