Earth’s rotation accelerates in 2020, we may need a ‘negative leap second’
byAnother strange thing about 2020: Planet acceleration. The speed of the planet’s rotation often drifts slightly, depending on changes in winds, ocean currents, or…
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The study indicates that young megalodons were cannibals 6 feet tall
byScans of a subset of nearly hundreds of its vertebrae – some the size of a grapefruit – showed that the shark had died…
Check out these new photos of ‘Grand Canyon of Mars’
byPhoto: NASA / University of Arizona There is still a lot we don’t know about Mars, but thanks to some Recently released Pictures, we…
Here’s how to spot the rare conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn in tonight’s sky
by(NEXSTAR) – Those who set off from witnessing Jupiter and Saturn are resting in what some have calledChristmas starYou might want to look out…
Earth is spinning as fast as it has been in decades Here’s how scientists tackle this problem
byEarth should have passed 2020 because the planet rotates faster last year than it has been in decades, according to scientists, such as USA…
Meteorites since the beginning of the solar system may have carried water recently
byA meteorite from the Geminid meteorite on December 12, 2009 over Southold, New York. Photo: Stan Honda / AFP (Getty Images) Meteorites that formed…
The Hubble telescope reveals rare and fascinating views of the collision of six different galaxies
byThe Hubble Space Telescope team celebrated the start of 2021 with pictures of six different galaxy mergers. Top left to right: NGC 3256, NGC…
Sci-Hub gets its own Twitter account
bySci-Hub home page.A screen shot: Shoshana Wudinsky (Gizmodo) Via Twitter on Friday, open source advocates and academics posted one post suspension From Sci-Hub, A…
SpaceX completes its first missile launch in 2021, by sending a communications satellite
byAfter a very busy 2020 year which has seen a number of milestones achieved, including the launch of the The first astronauts to space…
Birds have an ambiguous “quantum sense”. For the first time, scientists saw it in action
bySeeing our world through the eyes of a migratory bird would be a somewhat frightening experience. Something about their visual system allows them to…