Today, we mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the lunar surface on July 16, 1969, 20:17 UTC, marking the fulfillment of one of the most ambitious goals mankind has ever striven for. In acknowledgement of such an incredible achievement, this week’s …
Welcome to another Science Saturday. Here’s what happened this week: Space.com: Boop! On Wednesday, the Japanese probe Hayabusa2 made a second touchdown on the asteroid Ryagu. The spacecraft repeated the same procedure that it had performed during its first landing on the asteroid in April, firing a bullet into the asteroid’s surface to kick up …
Welcome to Science Saturday. Let’s begin. Science Alert: Metallic Hydrogen This week, a French team of scientists announced that they believe they’ve created metallic hydrogen for the first time. This was achieved by squeezing a small sample of hydrogen between two ultra-hard diamonds in a press. The measurements that indicated metallic hydrogen were taken when …
Every weekend I write a post titled “Science Saturday” in which I compile the most interesting science news from the week. Often, the majority of this news comes from the fields of astronomy and space exploration. There are 2 reasons for this; one being that I really like space, and the other being that we’re …
Happy weekend, and welcome back to Science Saturday! It’s been far too long since I’ve posted about the activities of the science community. Researchers all over the world have been making strides in many different disciplines, but particularly in relation to the study of black holes. Because of this, and in honor of the common …
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Science Saturday. Here’s What happened this week: LiveScience: Broken Planet Astronomers just found what they believe to be the shattered remains of a planet that could have once been Earth-like. The large piece of planetary debris is likely the heavy metallic core of the dead planet, which is orbiting a …
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while, but I couldn’t decide how to do it. Scientific accuracy in sci-fi is something I thought I’d talk about more in the Technology discussions, (The latest on Robotics is here!) but it hasn’t really worked out that way. So instead, it gets its own post. …
Welcome to Science Saturday everyone. Here’s what happened this week: ScienceDaily: Methane Vents Scientists studying plumes of bubbles that rise from the seafloor off of the coast of Washington State have discovered that the vents follow a geologic fault line. Continuing to study the vents, of which there are as many as 17,000, researchers may …
Welcome back to Science Saturday everyone. Here’s what happened in the world of science this week: Science Magazine: 5G Could Impact Weather Forecasting The FCC just auctioned off a spectrum of radio frequency to be used for 5G communication. The problem is that communications traffic in one segment of this spectrum could compromise weather satellites’ …
Welcome to this week’s Science Saturday everyone. Let’s jump right in and see what happened this week: ScienceDaily: Spider silk could be used as robot muscles. Researchers working with spider silk, which is already known to have an exteremely high tensile strength, have found that the silk produces a strong twisting motion when exposed to …