Earth-sized exoplanet discovered using NASA data
A group of international scientists have uncovered an Earth-sized exoplanet just over 70 light-years away from us. In new research reported in a Feb. 1 paper published on the arXiv…
Aviation milestone: artificial intelligence flew a modified F-16 fighter jet for over 17 hours
An artificial intelligence algorithm developed by DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program flew a modified F-16 fighter jet for over 17 hours in December, officials announced this week. The jet,…
It’s Been 10 Years Since the Biggest Meteor Impact in Living Memory
The fireball was caught by numerous Russian residents on camera in 2013. CNET screenshot/Tuvix72/YouTube Almost every day, some hunk of space rock impacts the Earth and burns up as a…
Scientists Have Found an Otherworldly Frog Fit for Middle-earth
Hyloscirtus tolkieni hanging out in the forest. Juan Carlos Sánchez-Nivicela/Archive Museo de Zoología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Deep inside Ecuador’s Río Negro-Sopladora National Park, the line between fantasy and…
Da Vinci’s Forgotten Experiments Almost Decoded Gravity Centuries Ago
The team’s computer models that were run using Leonardo da Vinci’s ancient notes about his thoughts on gravity. Caltech In 1907, Albert Einstein presented the world with a startling truth…
Watch Asteroid Turn Into a Fireball Just Hours After Being Spotted
The fireball as seen at its brightest above France. Twitter @MegaLuigi video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET It may be one of the most widely observed space rocks no one knew…
NASA Finds Mysterious Spokes Moving Along Saturn’s Rings
Hubble’s view of Saturn at the start of “spoke season.” NASA, ESA and Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC); image processing by Alyssa Pagan (STScI) There’s something unusual happening in a new Hubble…
NASA Captures 10 Mars Rover Sample Tubes in 1 Glorious Image
It took hundreds of images to put together a broad Martian panorama showing all 10 of the Perseverance rover’s sample depot tubes on the ground. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS This story is part…
NASA Parts Designed By AI Look Like ‘Bones Left by Some Alien Species’
AI designed this part that was made from a block of aluminum. It has connections for mirrors and instruments, with room for humans to get their hands in there to…
Asteroid caught on video lighting up western Europe’s skies before making impact in France
A small asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere over western Europe, creating a spectacular sight of a fireball careening across the skies until it made impact in northern France by the…