Einstein Theory Confirmed Again In his 1915 Theory of General Relativity, physicist Albert Einstein proposed that mass can bend space time. And he predicted that when a distant star’s light passed by a large object en route to the observer, the object’s gravity can bend and brighten the starlight like a magnifying lens. This effect, called […]
Einstein Proven Correct; Gravitational Waves Detected; Super Hot Planet
Posted June 8th, 2017 at 4:15 pm (UTC-4)
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March 2017 Science Images
Posted March 31st, 2017 at 4:20 pm (UTC-4)
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NASA Prevents Space Wreck; Black Hole Winds; Oldest Fossils Found
Posted March 3rd, 2017 at 4:15 pm (UTC-4)
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NASA Prevents a Wreck at Mars The folks at NASA’s MAVEN program recently had to give their spacecraft a small unscheduled course correction so that it wouldn’t smash into Mars’s moon Phobos. The spacecraft that’s been circling the Red Planet for a little over two years conducted a motor burn that give it a slight […]
Ants Goof Off Too; Milky Way Steals Stars; Astronomers Spot Exocomets
Posted January 16th, 2017 at 1:12 pm (UTC-4)
Ants Balance Work and Rest to Maintain Colony Ants have a reputation of being dedicated and hardworking creatures. But did you know that like humans, ants also seek to maintain a healthy balance of work and rest? While an ant colony appears to be filled with busy workers, according to new research, there are also […]
Advanced Weather Satellite in Space; Can Migraines Lead to Stroke?
Posted November 21st, 2016 at 4:21 pm (UTC-4)
NASA Launches NOAA’S Advanced Weather Satellite On Saturday, 11/19/16, NASA launched the first of four advanced weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will maintain a geostationary orbit nearly 36,000 kilometers above Earth’s western hemisphere. Called the Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
September 2016 Science Images
Posted September 30th, 2016 at 4:30 pm (UTC-4)
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Don’t Smoke; Space Blob Mystery; Near Earth Asteroid Watch
Posted September 22nd, 2016 at 4:24 pm (UTC-4)
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Yet Another Reason Not to Smoke The American Heart Association released a new study that uncovers yet another reason not to smoke. The study, published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, suggests that smoking can have a wide-ranging and long-term effect on our DNA. The research shows that smoking leaves a “footprint” on the human […]
Light Not Shock Restarts Heart; Bees Nest in Sandstone; 5 Second Rule
Posted September 14th, 2016 at 4:21 pm (UTC-4)
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Using Light Instead of Electric Shock to Restart a Heart A defibrillator is a device used to restore the normal operation of a heart after a life-threatening cardiac episode such as dysrhythmias and ventricular fibrillation. The machine delivers a powerful electric shock that stops the heart and allows it to reset itself to function normally […]
Black Hole Awakens; Mozart Lowers B.P.; Baby Planet Found
Posted June 22nd, 2016 at 1:09 pm (UTC-4)
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Scientists Observe Awakening of Dormant Super Massive Black Hole Scientists say that, in the known universe, about 90% of the biggest black holes are dormant, which means they aren’t ravenously devouring matter. Because they’re dormant these black holes aren’t pumping out radiation or any kind of light. But all it takes is for a star […]