2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record
Scientists at NASA recorded the highest heat signatures on the planet last year, in 2016. However, both 2015 and 2014 were also the hottest...
Female Mathematician Receives Highest NGS Award for Role in Space Exploration
Katherine Johnson, a female mathematician, whose calculations made space exploration possible will posthumously receive the National Geographic Society Hubbard medal for 2020. This is coming...
Obama pays $500M to climate change fund, still owes $2B
The U.S. government paid $500 million to the United Nations Green Climate Fund on Tuesday. The contribution made through the State Department could be the last of...
Ross 128 b is the latest promising alternative to Earth
A group of scientists from five different countries has announced on Wednesday the discovery of a new exoplanet just 11 light years away from...
NOAA: GOES-16 Satellite starts sending HD photos of Earth
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first images of Earth taken by the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the agency’s Geostationary...
SETI detects strong signal coming from outer space
A Russian radio telescope detected a strong signal coming from outer space on Monday. The SETI device has been scanning the heavens for signs...
NASA finds water deposit on Mars, the size of Lake Superior
Researchers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found an ice deposit hidden beneath the surface of Mars, a report published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Foremost Mathematician and Quantum Physicist, Freeman Dyson, Dies At 96
Freeman John Dyson, a foremost mathematician, and quantum physicist is dead. He died in a hospital near Princeton in New Jersey on Friday. He...
NASA releases stunning images of ‘Cloudy’ Mars from Hubble Space Telescope
For a period of about 11 days starting from the 19th of this month until the 30th, Mars will be closest to the Earth...
Scientists unveil a $500 billion plan to refreeze the Arctic
A group of scientists from Arizona State University has devised a solution to put a stop to Arctic ice melting: refreeze it using wind-powered...