Category: Science

During a solar eclipse event, the moon blocks the sun and the result is a gigantic shadow on the Earth’s surface. NASA has shared a satellite photograph several kilometers above the planet. NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite (DSCOVR) took the photograph of the eclipse seen over the […]

South Korea has just signed the Artemis agreements, which govern the fundamental principles that NASA and its partners will have to comply with on and around the moon. This signature comes as the country wants to send a lander to our satellite before 2030. You will not have missed it: NASA wants to send humans […]

A new Atlantic hurricane season in 2021 could replicate the record in 2020 when there were 31 tropical and subtropical cyclones, 30 storms, 14 hurricanes and 7 major hurricanes. This was announced by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at a conference on May 20, 2021. NOAA’s forecast for the Atlantic hurricane […]

SpaceX will work with Geometric Energy Corporation to launch a cubesat around the Moon in 2022. And surprisingly, the mission will be fully funded by Dogecoin, the now famous cryptocurrency emblazoned with the head of a dog. Dogecoin is an open source peer-to-peer digital currency emblazoned with the head of a dog that became a […]

A NASA team is working on the development of a new mission to probe the interstellar medium. This very ambitious project would aim to answer questions that Voyager probes could not help answer. Voyager 1 and 2 probes have been in interstellar space for several years. Here, where the Sun is no longer completely king, […]

SpaceX, the space company owned by Elon Musk, has denied claims by rival OneWeb that its satellites nearly collided in Earth’s orbit earlier this month. The two satellite companies worked together and met Tuesday along with a representative from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “The probability of collision never exceeded the threshold for a maneuver […]

A team of scientists has managed – in a work carried out in mice – to reverse obesity and several of the disorders associated with it, such as diabetes or hypertension, using a drug that is widely used in humans to treat heart disease. They have achieved this at the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), […]

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London demonstrated for the first time that DNA can be picked up from the air. The finding could provide new techniques for forensic investigators and anthropologists, even aid in understanding the transmission of diseases like Covid-19. The task force examined whether environmental DNA (eDNA) could be collected from air […]

Since the terrible tsunami of 2011 that triggered the Fukushima disaster, Japan has intensified the construction and reconstruction of protection on the most affected parts of its coastline. With the help of a gigantic budget, the country wants to protect itself more effectively against possible future devastating tsunamis. The inhabitants thought they were safe On […]