Another Alcohol Ban For US Soldiers In Japan After Fatal Okinawa Crash
The latest restrictions on U.S. Forces, Japan, service members were announced Sunday and went into effect immediately.
Charles Manson Is Dead But Where Are The Manson Family Girls Now?
The notorious murderer Charles Manson has died at 83, but the young women who fell under his spell have their own stories.
NASA’s Apollo 17 Moon Landing A Hoax, Video Claims With Photographic ‘Proof’
A video posted Thursday on YouTube about the 1972 landing analyzes a photograph from the last crewed mission to the moon, and conspiracy theorists are excited.
LIGO, Virgo Announce Gravitational Waves Detected From Relatively Small Black Holes Merging
The relatively small black holes that merged — the resulting gravitational waves were detected June 8 — were located about a billion light-years from Earth.
Near-Earth Antimatter Not From Nearby Pulsars, Could Have Dark Matter Origins
The number of positrons (antimatter equivalent of electrons) reaching Earth is much higher than expected and a new study has ruled out two nearby pulsars as their source.
Bisexual Women Face More Sexual Violence Than Others: Study
A recent study in the United States found about 75 percent of the bisexual women surveyed had experienced sexual violence.
What Is Dark Matter? Another Candidate Particle Ruled Out By Researchers
It is understood to account for 85 percent of the observable universe’s mass, but we still don’t know what dark matter actually is.
What Is Nuclear Fusion? Researchers Closer To Materials For Future Reactors
Researchers were “blown away” by their observations of how helium behaves in nanocomposite solids, which could one day be used to create fusion reactors.
Airbus Announces $50 Billion Deal For 430 A320neo Aircraft With Indigo Partners
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding for Airbus to sell 430 A320neo aircraft to the group’s four airlines around the world.
NASA Shares Beautiful Images Of Life On Earth As Seen From Space
NASA shared an animation Monday that shows a 20-year record of life on Earth, as recorded by multiple satellites in orbit around the planet.
Tesla Responds To Racial Discrimination Lawsuit, Calls It ‘Hotbed Of Misinformation’
The Elon Musk-owned electric car manufacturer was hit with a lawsuit Monday that called its Fremont, California, production plant a “hotbed for racist behavior.”
NASA Tests Mars 2020 Mission’s Supersonic Parachute To Perfect Red Planet Landing
Since the 1960s, a large number of attempts have been made to land a spacecraft on the Martian surface, but only a handful of them have been successful.
Massive, Bright Galaxies From Early Universe Found Merging, Causing 'Violent Star Formation'
When the two hyper-luminous starburst galaxies complete their merger, they will form a massive elliptical galaxy that may become the core of a galaxy cluster.
Detection Of Strongest Gravitational Waves From Supermassive Black Holes Within A Decade
The gravitational waves detected so far were caused by mergers of black holes, and in one case, neutron stars. Merging supermassive black holes will dwarf those in intensity.
Wine Was Being Made 8,000 Years Ago In Present-Day Georgia
The oldest known evidence of winemaking from 8,000 years ago has been found in present-day country of Georgia, at the border region between modern Asia and Europe.
2017 Carbon Emissions Projected To Reach Record High, Reversing Flat Growth Trend
The dismal predictions appear in a series of reports from the Global Carbon Project even as policy makers are meeting in Bonn, Germany, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23).
Frilled Shark Photos, Video: Prehistoric Deep-Sea Monster Caught On Camera Again
The frilled shark dates back 80 million years, meaning it was around when dinosaurs still walked the Earth.
NASA’s Hubble Spots ‘Light Echo’ From Nearby Supernova Explosion
The Type Ia supernova is 11.4 million light-years away, the closest such explosion to Earth in at least 40 years.
Dinosaur Extinction And Asteroid Impact, Classic Case Of Wrong Place, Wrong Time
An asteroid called Chicxulub Impactor hit Earth about 66 million years ago, creating conditions for a mass extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs.
Extinct Wolf-Sized Otter Had Powerful Bite That Likely Made It Top Predator
The biggest otters today weigh up to around 100 pounds, while Siamogale melilutra — which lived 6 million years ago — weighed in at about 110 pounds.
Dark Matter Update: Decade-Old Data Limits Dark Photon’s Existence Possibilities
The new constraints on their existence were placed by a fresh analysis of data captured between 2006 and 2008 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Hot Mantle Plume Is Melting Antarctica From Beneath, NASA Study Finds
A three-decades-old theory about a mantle plume deep below Antarctica has more evidence to support it, thanks to a new NASA study.
Why Do People Believe In God, Religion? Intuition, Rationality Unimportant, Study Finds
It is a curious fact that more intelligent people tend to be atheists, and academics have long struggled to explain this connection.
What Happens When Galaxy Clusters Collide? A Celestial Fireworks Display
The collision was seen in radio and X-ray wavelengths, as well as in visible light, and took place about four billion light-years from Earth.
Massive Object Found In Milky Way Center, Failed Star Or Giant Planet?
Named OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb, the puzzling object was discovered using microlensing, and is located in the very heart of the Milky Way.
‘Pylos Combat Agate,’ Ancient Greek Seal, Fine Specimen Of Miniature Prehistoric Art
The “Pylos Combat Agate” was found in the 3,500-year-old tomb of a Bronze Age warrior in southwest Greece, which was unearthed a little over two years ago.
Saturn’s Ocean Moon Enceladus May Have Porous Core, Creating Tidal Friction Energy
While it has an icy surface, Enceladus has a global ocean underneath the crust from which water vapor and icy particles stream out in long jets.
Cold Dust Belts Around Proxima Centauri Suggest Elaborate System Of Exoplanets Nearby
The ALMA Observatory in Chile has detected rings of cold dust around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the solar system with one known exoplanet, Proxima b.
Pongo Tapanuliensis: Third Orangutan Species Identified, Already Facing Severe Extinction Risk
Named Pongo tapanuliensis, it is the third distinct orangutan species and with less than 800 individuals remaining, is already at risk of extinction.
Lead In Water: 11-Year-Old Girl Creates Portable Detection Device, Wins Award
The crisis in Flint, Michigan, inspired 11- year-old Gitanjali Rao from Lone Tree, Colorado, to invent a portable device, called Tethys, to detect lead levels in water.