[ad_1] Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb scoured the Pacific seafloor last summer looking for remains of a meteor that had exploded into a fireball on January 8, 2014. Loeb organized the two-week expedition because he thought the meteor could be more than just a random rock. from space. Due to its astonishing speed, he suspected that … Read more
[ad_1] Update 7:41 a.m. Thursday: Overnight, NASA officials postponed the Crew-8 mission until 11:16 p.m. Saturday, citing strong winds and waves along the Dragon spacecraft’s flight path. Original story: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 is ready to launch on its six-month mission to the International Space Station, extending an ongoing legacy of low-Earth orbit that many Americans … Read more
[ad_1] The history of Chinguetti Meteorite It is a very compelling mystery. The 4.5-kilogram (10-pound) iron rock was reportedly mined from the top of a giant 100-meter-wide (328-foot) iron mountain (believed to be a huge meteorite) in Africa there. by 1916. Despite numerous searches, the existence of this larger meteorite has never been confirmed. Now, … Read more
[ad_1] Last year, a worrying study suggested that one of Earth’s major ocean currents is racing towards collapse. Unfortunately, there is now new data to support this. “Changes in temperature, sea level and precipitation will seriously affect society, and Climate changes are unstoppable. on human time scales,” the authors of the latest study warn in … Read more