Category: Science
NASA launching ICESat-2, advanced laser will measure earth’s changing ice levels
This September, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure – in unprecedented detail – changes in the heights of […]
Journey to touch the sun: NASA launches Parker Solar Probe
While most of the U.S. was still asleep and hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida in the early morning hours […]
NASA responds to President Trump’s directive to reclaim space superiority
June 18 was a busy work day for President Donald Trump as he continued to support his immigration policy which separates children from their parents as those immigrant families seeking […]
Increased Antarctic ice loss speeding up the rise of sea levels globally
On June 13, a new assessment released by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that ice losses in Antarctica have tripled since 2012, resulting in increased […]
NASA ‘Planet Hunter’ has launched
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched yesterday on a first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life. TESS, expected to find thousands […]
1981 ‘Buckskin Girl’ murder victim identified thanks to DNA technology
Cold case murder solved with Arkansas woman being identified after more than 30 years. On April 24, 1981, the body of a female homicide victim was discovered on Greenlee Road, […]
NASA launch scheduled to study ‘Heart of Mars’
NASA is about to go on a journey to study the interior of Mars, according to a March 29 release from our favorite space agency. NASA detailed the next mission […]
Florida science teacher arrested and charged after having sex with 8th grader
A married, female teacher from New Smyrna Beach Middle School in Florida was arrested, “on charges that she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student and sent him nude […]
New Study: Oil used in McDonald’s french fries may hold the key to curing baldness
Stem cell research scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan released a new study claiming that they may have found a baldness cure using an ingredient commonly used in McDonald’s […]
NASA: Moonwalker and pioneer astronaut John Young, dead at 87
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, passed away on Friday, January 5, at the age of 87 from […]
