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Jack the Ripper’s Identity Believed to Be Revealed Thanks to DNA Testing
Jack the Ripper’s killing spree in the autumn of 1888 remains as one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. However, the mystery can finally be put to rest, or at least that’s the case according to a self-proclaimed “armchair detective” and molecular biologist by...
Playing with Infinity
Three Key Embedded Infinities in Birnbaum’s signature concept – Quest for Potential?. David Birnbaum of Manhattan is the founder of Potentialism Theory (see PotentialiamTheory.com). The centerpiece of the theory is that one dynamic – and one dynamic alone – drives...
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A new exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the time of death
POMPEII, Italy (AP) — More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition.The casts, which scholars call “imprints of pain,” dramatically capture the...
Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here’s what to expect
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Asteroid 2026 EG1 will pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth. | Credit: NASA JPL, NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. PaganA newly discovered bus-sized asteroid is set to...
Northrop Grumman’s 1st ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo spacecraft departs the space station
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASAThe first mission of Northrop Grumman's big new cargo spacecraft is nearly over.That freighter, known as Cygnus XL, left the International Space Station...
Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA’s mission update today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky[embedded content]NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch plans today (March 12), and you can watch it live.The agency will...
A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Stars similar to our sun formed a mass migration from the center of the Milky Way, occurring approximately 4 billion to 6 billion years ago. | Credit: NAOJOur sun and...
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Firefly AerospaceTexas-based Firefly Aerospace is celebrating today (March 11) after successfully launching its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly a...
NASA spacecraft makes an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth
A large space probe plummeted into Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday — years earlier than expected. And while most of the spacecraft was expected to disintegrate in a flaming blaze during reentry, a few components could have survived, according to NASA.The odds that...
1,300-pound NASA satellite re-enters Earth’s atmosphere after 14 years in space
A 1,300-pound NASA probe re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 14 years after it was launched.The U.S. Space Force confirmed the Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in August 2012, re-entered the atmosphere at 6:37 a.m. ET on Wednesday over the eastern...
Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday.The U.S. Space Force said the Van Allen Probe A came in west of the Galapagos Islands.NASA expected some of the 1,323-pound...
Mosquitoes evolved to prefer human blood. The shift could reveal when and where early humans lived
Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to human blood could provide a novel window into the spread of early...
Astrophysicists figure out what caused a super-bright supernova
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A supernova - the explosion marking the end of a massive star's life - is one of the brightest cosmic events, usually about a billion times more luminous than the sun. But some - a small fraction - are even brighter than that, 10 to...
The ‘invisible giant’ at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A cluster of stars and gas surrounding the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* or Sgr A*. | Credit: ESO/D. Ribeiro for the MPE GC teamA new...