An asteroid that scientists say flew by Earth a few years ago is going to do another flyby in March, only it'll be much, much closer. So close that scientists say it'll be observable to asteroid search telescopes. To be clear, NASA isn't predicting the apocalypse just yet—there's no possibility of an Earth impact. The agency does say, however, that scientists aren't really sure what...
New data collected by French research agency CEA suggests the Earth's inner core—beneath the crust, mantle and core—is much, much hotter than originally thought. So hot, in fact, that researchers believe it's just as hot as the surface of the Sun. Through X-ray analysis of molten iron, Agnes Dewaele and other members of the scientific community were able to measure a temperature range...
Felix Baumgartner is currently inside the Stratos capsule floating up to the planned 23-mile high jump altitude. He is currently going through precautionary jump checks with Joe Kittinger, who holds the decades old freefall record from 1960. Last week’s jump on Oct. 9 was previously aborted because of inclement weather, but today’s conditions are favorable and a launch is a go. As I...
Scientists have discovered a planet said to be made primarily made out of diamond — twice as big as Earth. I think Kim Kardashian just fainted. Discovered by researchers at Yale, the bling planet, scientifically referred to as 55 Cancri e, was found orbiting a sun-like star in the Cancer constellation. Initially thought to be similarly composed to Earth, the planet’s combination of...
There's something very romantic about the lives of Indiana Jones and Nathan Drake. The two trot the globe in search of history's most coveted treasures, constantly court danger and discover ancient secrets. And they get the girl. All in a day's work. But they also have the resources to do so at their leisure. People like us, glued to the Internet, merely have Google Earth — and that's...
Progress depends on radical innovation. In the past, many companies have focused on developing next-generation consumer electronics, an extremely lucrative sector of technology. With a bit of passion and unconventional thinking, Google has shifted their thinking away from the short-sighted consumer electronics field, moving towards the development of green technology. Though Google...