Science
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Report: Russia Plans to Send Cosmonauts to the Moon Next Decade
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia plans to send cosmonauts to land on the Moon next decade for the first tim...
December 2, 2023
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Relics of Huge Primordial Collision Reside in Earth’s Deep Interior
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Seismologists have recognized since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-s...
November 23, 2023
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Team Including Hokkaido Univ. Unearths New Dino in Mongolia
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — A research team including Hokkaido University has discovered in Mongolia the ...
November 23, 2023
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Scientists Identify Molten Layer Deep within Interior of Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from ...
November 22, 2023
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Europe’s Euclid Space Telescope Releases First Images
DARMSTADT, Germany (AFP-Jiji) — The first images from Europe’s Euclid space telescope were released ...
November 17, 2023
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Scientists Observe Chimpanzees Using Human-Like Warfare Tactic
On the boundary of dangerous territory, a troop of about 30 individuals engaging in a border patrol ...
November 17, 2023
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Astronaut Takuya Onishi Set for Long-Term ISS Mission Around 2025; Fellow Astronaut Yui’s Mission Pushed Back
It has been decided that Takuya Onishi, a 47-year-old astronaut, will undertake a long-term mission ...
November 16, 2023
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In a Rarity, Emperor Penguin Chick Hatches at SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego has welcomed the hatching of an emperor penguin for the first time in 13 years, a...
November 15, 2023
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Solar Flares Bathe Swathes of Siberia in Scarlet ‘Northern Lights’
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Swathes of Russia and Ukraine were bathed in some of the strongest scarlet and gr...
November 15, 2023
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Tohoku Univ. Team Finds Nerve Stimulation Could Beat Diabetes
SENDAI (Jiji Press) — A research team of Tohoku University has found that insulin-secreting cells in...
November 15, 2023
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Drought in Brazil’s Amazon Reveals Ancient Engravings
MANAUS, Brazil (AFP-Jiji) — An extreme drought in parts of the Amazon has led to a dramatic drop in ...
November 11, 2023
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Asteroid Impact Fouled Earth’s Atmosphere with Dust
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It was, to put it mildly, a bad day on Earth when an asteroid smacked Mexico’...
November 11, 2023
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Baleen Whale Fossils Found in Akita Prefecture May Link to Modern Whales
NOSHIRO, Akita — Fossilized bones from a baleen whale found in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, may backup...
November 11, 2023
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Lucy Spacecraft Swoops Past 1st of 10 Asteroids on Journey to Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Nov. 1 encountered the first of 10 asteroids o...
November 8, 2023
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Rock Collected during Apollo 17 Mission Now Reveals Moon’s Age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 — the last time people walked on the moo...
November 2, 2023
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