New US-Russian Crew Arrives at International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko nears the International Space Station ahead of docking in this still image from a video camera on the space ...>> view originalScientists create most detailed map of the Milky Way
Australian scientists have worked with researchers in Germany to create the most detailed map of the Milky Way, using the world's largest radio telescopes. The HI4PI project, which is a combination of an Australian survey and a German survey, provides the most sensitive and detailed view of all of the hydrogen gas in and around the Milky Way and will help solve the mysteries of our galaxy. Team leader for the Australian survey, Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths from The Australian Nat..>> view originalMysterious X-Ray Blasts May Reveal New Stellar Objects
This image shows the elliptical galaxy NGC 5128, also known as Centaurus, where a strange source nearby dramatically flares X-rays unlike any ever seen. This entire image is about 58,000 light-years across; the zoomed image is about 3,500 light-years ...>> view originalHuman Jaw Evolution Traced To Extinct Armored Fish Found In China
While the understanding that all life on Earth originated in water is commonplace, a lot of the details of evolution of specific anatomical features from primitive to modern are still not well understood. But the study of the fossil of a fish that lived about 423 million years ago may dramatically improve our knowledge of the evolution of at least one important body part: the jaw.Qilinyu rostrate was an armored bottom-dwelling fish that lived in the Silurian period, from about 444 million years ..>> view originalIs a mysterious Planet Nine creating a slight tilt in the solar system?
Astronomers have known about a mysterious tilt in our solar system for decades, but that tilt has never been satisfactorily explained.The solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago, when a spinning cloud of material collapsed into a disk, and forming a star and the planets orbiting around it in a plane, like a spinning record. The disk is remarkably flat, with only slight wobbles in the orbit of each planet relative to the line of the disk around the sun.But there's one problem. According ..>> view originalA new dinosaur species has been discovered in Australia
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur in Australia. The wide-hipped, long-necked, four-legged plant-eater was about half the length of a basketball court, and its shoulders stood as high as the hoop. Dinosaur fossils in Australia are exceedingly rare, and this discovery could help scientists understand how these massive creatures spread across the planet millions of years ago. "There are entire lost worlds of dinosaurs waiting to be found." David Elliott, now the chairman of..>> view originalWild Monkeys' Stone "Tools" Force a Rethink of Human Uniqueness
The monkey picks up a potato-sized rock in his tiny hands, raises it above his head and smashes it down with all his might on another stone embedded in the ground. As the creature enthusiastically bashes away, over and over, flakes fly off the rock he is wielding. They are sharp enough to cut meat or plant material. The monkey does not pay much attention to the flakes, save to place one on the embedded rock and attempt to smash it, too. But he has unintentionally produced artifacts that look for..>> view originalHow much screen time is right for your kids?
From iPad screen time to hours of watching TV, children are consuming media from an early age. To keep up with fast-changing technology in the digital era, the American Academy of Pediatrics has released updated guidelines for digital media use by young children. The recommendations vary by age group, and include the following advice: 0-5 years oldFor children younger than 24 months, avoid any digital media use with the exception of video-chattingFor children 18 to 24 months of age, you can int..>> view originalJupiter's Stripes Go Deep, and Other Surprises from Juno Probe
From NASA: This composite image depicts Jupiter's cloud formations as seen through the eyes of Juno's microwave radiometer (MWR) instrument as compared to the top layer, a Cassini imaging science subsystem image of the planet. The MWR can see a ...>> view original
Thursday, October 27, 2016
New US-Russian Crew Arrives at International Space Station and other top stories.
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