Science

Shackleton’s Famous Antarctic Shipwreck Finally Discovered in The World’s ‘Worst Sea’

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Explorers have found one of the most famous shipwrecks in history, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, deep in the icy sea off Antarctica more than a century after it sank, they announced Wednesday.   Endurance was discovered at a depth of 3,008 meters (9,869 feet) in the Weddell Sea, about six kilometers (four miles) from where it … Read more

Axiom Space Ax-1 mission: The first all-private crew to the International Space Station

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Axiom Mission 1 is a mission to the International Space Station by the Houston-based Axiom Space that will be the first fully private crew to the orbiting complex. It is scheduled to launch on March 30, 2022.  SpaceX will launch a four-person crew on the mission that will include a former NASA astronaut and three … Read more

UK announces ban on space-related exports to Russia

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The United Kingdom has issued new trade sanctions against Russia that ban all space-related exports to that country in response to its invasion of Ukraine.  U.K. Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced the new space export sanctions on Wednesday (March 9) alongside deeper sanctions related to aviation, including new powers to detain Russian aircraft. The space-related … Read more

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly giving back Russian spaceflight medal

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Scott Kelly has found another way to protest Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The former NASA astronaut has been a vocal opponent of the invasion, expressing his displeasure with Russian aggression frequently via Twitter, and in Russian to boot. (All astronauts who visit the International Space Station must speak English and Russian, and Kelly has … Read more

‘Star Trek: Picard’ season 2 explodes onto our screens with a phenomenal first episode

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Picard” Season 2, episode 1 It’s been just two weeks short of two years since we last got to see Jean-Luc Picard in action on the Paramount Plus series “Star Trek: Picard” and the first season gave us plenty to talk about, some of it good and some of … Read more

Big asteroid slammed into Greenland just a few million years after the dinosaurs died out

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Hidden under Greenland’s thick ice sheet, scientists found what they thought was the scar of an asteroid impact perhaps just thousands of years old, fresh enough that humans were already on the scene. But after several years of additional research, two separate teams of scientists have determined its age to be far older: 58 million … Read more

How SpaceX got Starlink up and running in Ukraine: report

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SpaceX worked for six weeks to bring Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine ahead of a formal request from government officials of the besieged country. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell shared the news Monday (March 7) at the California Institute of Technology during a talk first reported by SpaceNews. “We had been working on trying to … Read more

Best time to buy binoculars and save

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If you’ve tried to buy a pair of the best binoculars for stargazing in recent months you’ll know that prices are sky-high. In fact, all shapes, sizes and price points of binoculars for kids and adults are about 30% higher now compared to last year. Why have binoculars become so expensive? What’s the best time … Read more