Wombats Poop Cubes, And Now Science Knows Why
The shape of animal poop isn't something that normally makes science news headlines, but when it comes to wombats, things are a little bit different.…
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You Can Now Visit A Black Hole In Virtual Reality
Black holes are scary. They're like bottomless pits that nothing can escape from, even light, and you probably wouldn't want to get too close to…
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Bill Nye The Buzzkill Guy Says We'll Never Live On Mars
If you've been paying attention to any kind of space news over the past few years, you already know that the race to Mars is…
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North Carolina Man's Runny Nose Turned Out To Be A Brain Fluid Leak
A runny nose is usually a sign that you have a cold coming on, but for one North Carolina man, that cold never actually arrived.…
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Fleshy, Gelatinous Blobs Are Invading The Maine Coastline
There are lots of interesting things to see if you stick your head under the ocean waves. There's neat fish and crabs and, well, a…
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NASA Thought It Got A Signal From The Silent Opportunity Rover, But It Broke Our Hearts Again
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover has been sitting still on Mars since June. It was then that a massive dust storm began to swallow up the…
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Watch Russia Launch An ISS Cargo Ship Live Today
It's been a strange few months for Russia's space program. First, a strange hole showed up in a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space…
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A New Meteorite Impact Crater Was Just Found Hiding Under Greenland Ice
We might not know a whole lot about what's going on inside Mars, the Moon, or even the deepest reaches of Earth's oceans, but scientists…
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NASA Spots A Distant Galaxy That Is Actually Sucking Up Other Galaxies
When NASA sets its sights on a far-away galaxy, there's often a lot to take in. Even if it only appears to be a dim…
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Your Taste For Coffee Is Buried In Your Genes, New Study Says
If you're a regular coffee drinker there's a good chance your first taste of black coffee wasn't an entirely pleasant one, at least according to…
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When NASA Pointed Its Spitzer Telescope At Oumuamua They Couldn't Even See It
If there's one space story that 2018 will be remembered for its the numerous ongoing investigations of the first interstellar object ever to be detected…
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Astronomers May Have Just Spotted A 'Super Earth,' And It's Not Far Away
Lately, a lot of the exoplanets discovered by astronomers have been incredibly far away. Spotting planets at a huge distance is still important, and every…
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NASA Is Going To Live Stream The Touchdown Of Its New Mars Lander
NASA has sent a number of high-tech robots to the Red Planet already, but we don't normally hear about how things like entry and landing…
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Police Jailed Drunk Raccoons In West Virginia Because They Were Being Obnoxious
Rabies is no joke, so if you see a wild animal acting weird, it's always a good idea to both avoid it and alert animal…
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Russia Says It's Going To Beat Elon Musk And SpaceX's 'Old Tech' With A Nuclear Rocket
Elon Musk and SpaceX won't be leading the reusable rocket space race long, at least not if Russia has anything to say about it. Russia's…
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Humans Are Getting Bigger, And That Means More Strain On The World's Food Supply
Everyone knows that obesity is a major health crisis in the United States and many other countries, but humans aren't just getting fatter, we're also…
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Jupiter Looks Like A Delicious Caramel Latte In This Awesome New Juno Photo
Hey, want a cup of coffee? I don't actually have one to give you, but it's a nice intro to talk about NASA's latest photo…
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The World's Most Perfect Kilogram Is About To Get The Boot
You may have never heard of the solid metal cylinder known as Le Grand K, but it's most definitely impacted your life in countless ways.…
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The Federal Government Is Begging Everyone To Move More
While the debate around health insurance and "pre-existing conditions" continues to rage in political circles the U.S. government is now officially begging people to take…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Sent A Whole Bunch Of Satellites Into Orbit And Scared Some Birds
SpaceX gets a whole lot of press for leading the charge in the private spaceflight industry, but there's a number of other companies also vying…
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The Sun Accidentally Blew Up A Bunch Of Lost Sea Bombs In 1972
Without the Sun, none of us would actually be here, so we should be pretty thankful that it exists at all. That being said, tumbling…
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These Jetpack Pilots Are Somehow Even More Insane Than The Last Time We Saw Them
Incredibly brave and remarkably skilled, adrenaline junkies in Dubai have been flying personal jetpacks for a while now. The "Jetman" vehicles they pilot are capable…
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Samsung Will Soon Test TVs That Can Be Controlled With Your Brain
Samsung TVs are already some of the most popular options for high-end home theater systems, and the company is now using its television-making prowess to…
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This Is What A Sunrise On Mars Sounds Like, According To A Computer Algorithm
Scientists know a lot about Mars, at least when it comes to what it looks like. Sound, on the other hand, is a lot more…
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Not Everyone Is On Board With That Wild Oumuamua 'Alien' Theory
Earlier this week, the mysterious interstellar object Oumuamua was back in the headlines. It didn't resurface because of any new observations or studies since its…
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NASA's Sun-Visiting Spacecraft Survived Its First Brush With A Star
It's been a busy week for the folks manning the controls of the Sun-touching Parker Solar Probe at NASA. After breaking a bunch of records…
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After Years Of Work, The Smithsonian Is Ready To Show Off These Colossal Ancient Sea Monsters
Swimming in the ocean today might put you face to face with some pretty intimidating predators, but they're no match for what lurked below the…
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