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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may finally launch in 2021 after having completed its final litany of critical software and electrical systems tests.
Science & Energy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Its Final Tests

After decades of development, will NASA's largest space telescope finally get off the ground?

By Victor Tangermann

As Mashable points out in a fascinating new story, one spot in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean appears to be getting colder each year instead of hotter.
Climate Change

One Particular Spot on Earth Is Getting Colder Instead of Hotter

The Earth will be like "I know a spot."

By Jon Christian

A new AI system named SPOCK (yes, we know) can predict the orbit of distant exoplanets to figure out if they're going to collide.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Predicts Which Planets Are Going to Smash Into Each Other

It predicts which exoplanets will live — and which are likely to die in a cataclysmic interplanatary collision.

By Dan Robitzski

California governor Gavin Newsom ordered indoor operations for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, and other entertainment centers to stop immediately.
Developments

California Shuts Down Again After Surge in New COVID Cases

"The data suggest not everybody is practicing common sense."

By Victor Tangermann

By hooking up transplant lungs to live pigs, researchers were able to extend their shelf life and even rejuvenate them outside the body.
Studies

Doctors Heal Human Lungs By Attaching Them to Live Pigs

Amazingly, the pigs are unharmed.

By Victor Tangermann

New models suggest that the Moon could be 85 million years younger than scientists thought, a development that would clarify some of its mysterious past.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say the Moon Is Way Younger than We Thought

Good thing its 1,000-kilometer-deep magma ocean had cooled by the time the astronauts showed up!

By Dan Robitzski

New models suggest that Earth's magnetic field, already overdue for a total reversal, could shift faster than we thought.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Shift 100x Faster Than Observed

We may be in for a wild ride.

By Dan Robitzski

The UAE's upcoming weather satellite launch could help explain what's going on with Mars' bizarre, planet-consuming dust storms.
Mars

Tomorrow’s Mars Mission Could Explain the Red Planet’s Ferocious Dust Storms

It'll basically be a weather station — orbiting Mars.

By Dan Robitzski

Comet NEOWISE has been visible to the naked eye over the weekend. The rare event was captured on camera by amateurs and professionals alike.
Science & Energy

Here Are The Most Amazing Shots of the NEOWISE Comet

The video from the ISS will blow your mind.

By Victor Tangermann

If there's a fundamental unit of time at the tiniest scales of the universe, it's too small to measure. But scientists found what its upper limit must be.
Physics

Physicists Say This Is the Smallest Unit of Time That Could Exist

Tick, tiick, tiiick, tiiiiiiiii...

By Dan Robitzski

Rather than addressing a deepening health crisis, the Trump Administration has chosen to come out against top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci.
Developments

Instead of Fighting COVID, the White House Is Attacking Anthony Fauci

With 134,000 Americans dead, is this a smart reaction to the pandemic?

By Victor Tangermann

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.
Advanced Transport

This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust

If this plasma propulsion tech is real, it could change everything.

By Dan Robitzski

A new visualization by SpaceX enthusiast and Twitter user Neopork shows just how much room there is inside Starship's cargo fairing.
Starship

Here’s How Many Shipping Containers You Could Fit Inside SpaceX’s Starship

Getting this much cargo into space at a time could be "truly revolutionary."

By Victor Tangermann

Acclaimed musician Kanye West has been hanging out with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a photo the "Jesus Walks" singer posted on Twitter.
Elon Musk

Kanye West Is Hanging Out With Elon Musk, For Some Reason

Elon Musk: "Kanye’s belief in himself and his incredible tenacity — he performed his first single with his jaw wired shut — got him to where he is today."

By Jon Christian

MIT permanently deleted a massive dataset used for training AI after learning that it was full of racist and sexist slurs.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Deletes Database That Taught AI to Be Racist, Sexist

An MIT team says they "sincerely apologize" for an AI training database that labeled Black people with the N-word.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Exact Center of the Solar System
Solar Power

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Exact Center of the Solar System

It could help us make vastly better gravitational wave recordings.

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Fauci hasn't been able to brief President Trump on the coronavirus pandemic for two months. The two haven't even seen each other since early June.
Developments

Dr. Fauci Says Trump Hasn’t Talked to Him in a Month

In fact, Fauci says, the two haven't had a briefing in two months.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers from Harvard University and the Black Hole Initiative developed a new method to hunt for evidence of Planet Nine.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Want to Figure Out What the Hell Planet Nine Is Once and For All

Is it a gigantic planet five times the size of Earth — or an apple-sized black hole?

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have created a 3D map of a gigantic cosmic structure called the "South Pole Wall" that's 1.4 billion light-years across.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Deep-Space “Structure,” 1.4 Billion Light Years Across

That's roughly 8,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.

By Victor Tangermann

Mysterious ring-shaped objects deep in space have astronomers baffled: after ruling out some usual suspects, they think they're something brand new.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Baffled by Mysterious Ring-Shaped Objects in Deep Space

They're unlike anything astronomers have ever observed before.

By Dan Robitzski