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A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 21:11

The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that struck Earth over 3 billion years ago may have benefitted early life.

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Listen to haunting sounds of Earth’s magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 20:11

A new video shows how Earth’s magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent “polar reversal event.”

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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 5 episodes 1 and 2: Green Orions vs. Blue Orions, what’s the difference?

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 19:11

D’Vana Tendi gets back to her Orion roots in “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 5’s opening episodes — and her species has a very long history in “Star Trek.”

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Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 17:11

Deep in the heart of the massive Perseus cluster, giant galaxies stir, stars are torn from their homes and hot gas radiates at more than 1 million degrees Celsius.

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Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 15:11

Crew-8 is back on Earth after an extended mission and a wait for the weather to clear. Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin splashed down on Dragon Endeavour.

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Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching space tourists in 2027

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 04:11

Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching customers to suborbital space and back in 2027, for a price of about $210,000 per seat.

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Watch sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA’s groundbreaking new satellite (photos)

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 03:11

NOAA shared new images taken by the world’s first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst.

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Scientists found one of the largest carbon-based space molecules ever. Here’s why that’s a big deal

Submit on Friday, October 25th, 2024 02:11

Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of life as we know it.

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