Headline News: Science

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Skywatchers from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon enjoyed a treat: the moon nearly blotting out the sun to create a dramatic “ring of fire” over a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the western United … Continue reading →

Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday. Global sea levels rose by an average of 1.8 millimetres (0.07 inches) per year from 1961-2003, according … Continue reading →

Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they’ll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo … Continue reading →

Skywatchers from China to Texas are in for a rare celestial treat today when the moon blots out most of the sun to create dazzling “ring of fire” solar eclipse. The eclipse today (May 20) is known as an annular … Continue reading →

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX engineers have replaced a faulty engine valve on a private rocket carrying the first commercial space capsule bound for the International Space Station following the last-second abort during an attempted liftoff Saturday (May 19). The … Continue reading →

After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons. The researchers found the “plutonium signal” using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which is often used to peer … Continue reading →

In this weekly series, Life’s Little Mysteries scores the plausibility of popular science fiction concepts. In the “Star Trek” universe, cloaking devices on Romulan and Klingon spaceships create all sorts of tactical nightmares for their human foes. Hiding in plain … Continue reading →

The turtle is a closer relative of crocodiles and birds than of lizards and snakes, according to researchers who claim to have solved an age-old riddle in animal evolution. The ancestry of the turtle, which evolved between 200 and 300 … Continue reading →

The first private spacecraft ever to launch toward the International Space Station will be carrying a host of student science experiments when it blasts off Saturday (May 19), including projects looking at spiders in space and how microgravity affects wine. … Continue reading →

In this weekly series, Life’s Little Mysteries rates the plausibility of popular science fiction concepts. Got a derelict spaceship you need to tow back to star base? Or maybe you’re trying to prevent an enemy vessel from escaping? No problem: … Continue reading →