Fall equinox arrives soon: Here’s when and what it means
Let’s start with the myth. The autumnal equinox marks the point at which the sun is directly overhead…
Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors launch on ESA’s Sentinel-3C and FLEX missions – Cyprus Shipping News
Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors launch on ESA’s Sentinel-3C and FLEX missions Cyprus Shipping NewsFLEX and Sentinel-3C launched European Space AgencyAvio…
Scientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a century
A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially exist within…
“Fish-prawn” hybrid filmed walking backwards in the deep sea
A bizarre deep-sea fish that looks part fish, part prawn has been filmed walking backwards for the first…
Coastal erosion: Port Waikato home owners seek funding to maintain new seawall
“It’s saved my house,” she said bluntly. “You just look out and the sea seems quite high, but…
Modern humans are the evolutionary product of different ancestral populations
Recently published research is calling into question our current understanding of the pattern of human evolution. Accumulating data,…
Vast hidden ocean beneath Earth’s mantle? Scientists stunned by new discovery
Vast hidden ocean beneath Earth’s mantle? Scientists stunned by new discovery – Futura-Sciences September 19, 2026 4 min…
Cities won’t survive on the moon as there isn’t enough water, scientists say
ATLANTA — If, like Elon Musk, you have been dreaming of a future in which large populations of…
The Sun Is Physically Capable of Producing a “Superflare” According To A New Study
We have long known that the Sun is active. It “flares” quite often, sending huge amounts of energy…
Central Colombia forest fire threatens tourist town of Villa de Leyva | Climate Crisis News
The country has battled multiple wildfires amid record-breaking temperatures fueled by El Nino and intense drought conditions. Published…
People think Earth dies when the Sun becomes a red giant in five billion years — the more likely end is a billion years from now, when a star already 30 percent brighter than at birth pushes CO₂ too low for C3 plants, then a moist greenhouse strips the oceans of hydrogen and leaves a sterile Venus
The Sun is roughly 4.6 billion years old and about halfway through its main-sequence lifetime. The popular conception…
Modern communications satellites receive and retransmit signals, but NASA’s first successful one carried no communications transponder. Echo 1A, launched in 1960, was a 30-metre-wide aluminized balloon that relayed radio signals simply by reflecting them between ground stations.
The first successful spacecraft in NASA’s Echo programme was almost entirely empty. It carried no receiver to detect…