Category: Science

EnvironmentPlanet or Plastic?The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, but new research shows just how much the U.S. contributes.ByLaura ParkerPublished October 30, 2020• 9 min readWhen the Environmental Protection Agency released its plan earlier this month for addressing marine litter, it named five Asian nations—China, Indonesia, the Philippines,…

Home News Spaceflight Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop its Atlas V rocket as seen on the launch pad on July 29, 2021, before a launch delay and weather concerns prompted mission personnel to roll it back inside for protection. (Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett) Update for Aug. 1: Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron…

Home News Science & Astronomy Stephen Hawking giving a lecture at the Bloomfield Museum of Science in Jerusalem in December 2006. (Image credit: Getty Images ) Stephen Hawking was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the modern age. Best known for his appearances in popular media and his lifelong battle against debilitating illness, his…

Home News Spaceflight Editor’s note: On July 29, NASA and Boeing announced that they would stand down from Friday’s launch attempt, postponing it to Tuesday (Aug. 3). Read more about the announcement here. The decision comes as NASA and Roscosmos evaluate a situation on the International Space Station involving the newly arrived Nauka module unexpectedly…

Home References Skywatching A clear night sky offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects to see — stars, constellations, and bright planets, often the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful. Binoculars or a good…

Home News Skywatching See what’s up in the night sky for August 2021, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.Related: Space calendar 2021: Rocket launches, sky events, missions & more   Sunday, Aug. 1 — Crescent moon near Uranus (before dawn)(Image credit: Starry Night)When the waning crescent…

Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston delivered fantastic Thor and Loki performances over more than a decade of MCU adventures. They appeared in Thor and Avengers movies, but also in Loki. The latter is really Hiddleston’s kingdom, but Hemsworth has a brilliant cameo in one of the episodes that we couldn’t have foreseen. The point is you…

Forget Google Search and Fuchsia. Researchers from Google, Stanford, Princeton, and other universities might have made a computer discovery so big we can’t fully comprehend it yet. Even Google researchers aren’t entirely sure that their time crystal discovery is valid. But if it turns out to be accurate, then Google might be one of the…

A new month has begun, and if you’re a Netflix subscriber, you know that means you’re about to be inundated with new releases. During the week of August 1st, Netflix is adding a ton of licensed shows and movies, including all seven seasons of 30 Rock, every season of Friday Night Lights, Ferris Bueller’s Day…

The Russian Nauka module docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday at 9:29 AM EST, more than a week after its rocky launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 21. At around 12:34 PM, the Nauka began firing its thrusters without explanation, initiating a frightening sequence of events. The ISS lost attitude control…