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Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
How Your Cad Drawings Can Be Viewed with Altium Software
Getting an idea out of mind, into the real world is the biggest challenge an engineer faces. How ideal will the situation be if one software can take all your woes concerning viewing, printing and probing your big idea? Altium software is a broad software which...
Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
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Is the whole universe just a simulation?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] the whole universe just a simulation? – Moumita B., age 13, Dhaka, BangladeshHow do you know anything is real?...
NASA astronaut Suni Williams retires months after return from troubled mission to orbit
Longtime NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday — officially making the unexpectedly long Boeing Starliner test flight her final foray to orbit as a member of the astronaut corps.Williams, who has set multiple spaceflight records since joining...
NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 195 — Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: TWiT[embedded content]On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and Director of...
How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? – Henry D., age 7, Cambridge, MassachusettsWhether you use a hole in...
See February’s full snow moon light up the sky
Look to the sky this weekend for a chance to see February’s wintry full moon, which comes as four astronauts prepare to make a historic journey around the silvery orb.The full moon will peak at 5:09 p.m. ET Sunday, occurring near sunset and appearing fullest while low...
These four astronauts are about to travel farther from Earth than anyone before them
In just over a week, four astronauts could launch toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.The crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are set to fly on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a...
NASA’s Artemis 2 mission to the moon puts Crew-12 SpaceX launch in delicate dance
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. . | Credit: NASAIt is the best of times, and it is (far from, actually,) the worst of...
Scientists discover molecule in space that hints at origin of life
Scientists have discovered the largest organic molecule containing sulfur — a key ingredient for life — ever identified in interstellar space. The researchers call the discovery a “missing link” in scientists’ understanding of the cosmic origins of life’s...
NASA delays Artemis mission to moon due to cold weather
NASA has delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.NASA was all set to conduct a...
Polar bears in Norway’s Arctic are getting fatter and healthier, despite melting sea ice
As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between Greenland and Canada’s Baffin Island, and Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada.A...
Galaxy cluster observed forming surprisingly early in universe’s history
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Observations by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory are providing fresh evidence that the universe grew up a lot more quickly than previously known, with observations of a galaxy cluster forming sooner after...