When the Apollo 11 astronauts returned to Earth after their historic moon landing, they brought back lunar samples for scientists to study. In light of the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, which occurs Saturday, NASA has released rare footage of those scientists checking the samples for signs of life. The previously unreleased 16-mm…… MORE
The universe is expanding, but the rate of that expansion is proving to be elusive. A new measurement of the universe’s expansion rate falls between two previously established rates, leading to more questions than answers. About a century ago, Carnegie Institute of Science astronomer Edwin Hubble made the discovery that the universe had continued to…… MORE
This year began with a partial solar eclipse. A little more than halfway through 2019, much of the world will see a partial lunar eclipse Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, depending on where you live. The partial lunar eclipse will be visible in Africa, most of Europe, a large portion of Asia, the eastern part…… MORE
Step aside America, Canada just reinvented the coin. The Royal Canadian Mint decided to break the mold — literally — and design a coin in the shape of Canada in honor of Canada Day. Erica Maga, product manager at the Royal Canadian Mint, told CNN this was a first for the Mint. The engineering and…… MORE
Earth is the only currently habitable planet in our solar system, but that’s never stopped scientists from proposing ways to make Mars a little more human-friendly. In a 1971 paper, astronomer Carl Sagan suggested a way of terraforming Mars, or making it more habitable for humans. His proposal included vaporizing the northern Martian polar ice…… MORE
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When the French government dares to turn its back on the people, the people set the streets of Paris on fire. Indeed, it appears to be a long-running tradition in French history. The country’s past is splattered with the blood and sacrifice of protesters who have continued a legacy of public dissent and demonstration. This…… MORE
The Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand will take place this Sunday in the UK, and the whole world is feeling the excitement! Well, almost the whole world. In America, almost nobody cares about cricket unless they’re from a cricket-literate county or knows someone who is. It’s kind of embarrassing. If we…… MORE
The women’s world record in the mile run, which has stood for 23 years, finally fell on Friday. The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan broke the record Friday night at the Monaco Diamond League with a time of 4:12.33. Hassan took the lead with 600 meters remaining in the race and did not look back. The next…… MORE
The story of exoplanet PDS 70 c, the focus of the first confirmed image of a newborn planet still forming in our galaxy, becomes curioser and curioser. Astronomers have now made the first observations of a moon-forming disk around the planet in a star system 370 light-years away. Last month, astronomers photographed PDS 70 c…… MORE
