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Seismic Activity Detected on Mars
We've been studying Mars for decades, first through telescopes from Earth and then through data sent back by a series of rovers. As our closest galactic neighbor, the red planet could hold secrets to the formation of our little blue dot. Until the InSight lander...
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...
What Will It Take to Make the Shipping Industry Sustainable?
Our nation relies on freight today more than ever before. With a growing amount of materials being sourced from overseas and countless numbers of outbound shipments headed across the globe, consumers have come to depend on every one of the primary forms of...
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...
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In a first, scientists observe a comet reversing its spin
Astronomers have found archival data showing a one-of-a-kind event where a spinning comet appeared to reverse the direction of its rotation, NASA said in a news release.The comet, named 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, originated in the outer solar system and visits the...
Antimatter took to the road for the very first time. Here’s why it matters
A small amount of antimatter took to the road on Tuesday, representing the first time any quantity of the world’s most expensive, volatile and rare substance has been moved. The breakthrough opens the door to new possibilities for the study of the elusive...
New portrait of the oldest-known supernova | Space photo of the day for March 27, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A new image of a supernova designated RCW 86 taken by NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) observatory. | Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM:...
NASA’s Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
By Joey RouletteWASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The four astronauts selected for NASA's Artemis II mission were due to arrive in Florida on Friday, entering the final phase of preparations for the first crewed journey toward the Moon in more than five decades.NASA...
Scientists train to dive beneath polar ice as climate change warms the Arctic and Antarctica
KILPISJÄRVI, Finland (AP) — As bubbles rippled across the frigid Finnish lake, diver Daan Jacobs emerged from a hole carved out of the thick, crackling ice.The journey had taken him 8 meters (26 feet) beneath the surface, where sunlight filtered through the Arctic ice...
Satellite observations offer insight into a tsunami’s early stages
March 27 (Reuters) - Observations made by a satellite operated by the U.S. and French space agencies shortly after a strong earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year are giving scientists a better understanding of how tsunamis originate and...
Hitting the brakes: Hubble Space Telescope watches doomed comet reverse its spin
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's impression of a jet of gas and dust blasting out from comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák. | Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Ralf Crawford (STScI)The Hubble Space...
Arctic sea ice just dropped to an alarming new low
Right now, the Arctic is maxing out on sea ice – the cold of winter has built up over months of darkness, and ice has spread as far south as it will all year. It’s the North Pole’s sea ice maximum, except this year, it’s alarmingly low.There is roughly half a million...
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint how
The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve resistance to the...
Sharks in Bahamas test positive for caffeine, painkillers, cocaine
Sharks in the Bahamas are consuming substances including caffeine, painkillers and even cocaine, according to a new study by marine scientists who say it could potentially impact the animals' health and behavior.The research team, made up of marine biologists and...
When a sperm whale gives birth, the mother gets help from her friends
March 26 (Reuters) - When a mother sperm whale gives birth, it is a remarkable team effort. Marine biologists have documented how multiple adult female sperm whales surrounded the mother as the whale gave birth, then collectively hoisted the calf out of the water as...
NASA’s make-or-break moon shot
The 322-foot-tall rocket stands ready on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Fueling tests are done. The four astronauts it will send on a journey around the moon are waiting in quarantine.NASA is making final preparations for its Artemis II mission, which...