Mars discovery: Analysis of meteorite from Red Planet reveals an abundance of zircon

Nov 18, 2020 05:59 am UTC| Science

Over the years, there is still a lot about Mars that we do not know until today. An analysis of the composition of a Martian meteorite was able to shed light on the composition of our neighboring planet. Scientists from...

COVID-19 news: 2021 may see famines due to pandemic, says UN official

Nov 18, 2020 05:36 am UTC| Science

The COVID-19 pandemic has now seen millions of people infected and hundreds of thousands dead all over the world. As it has now marked the first year since the first infection, a United Nations official warns that the...

We brewed beer from recycled wastewater – and it tasted great

Nov 18, 2020 03:43 am UTC| Science Life

As the Earths population grows and approaches a projected 9.7 billion by 2050, the worlds freshwaters will face mounting pressure to supply the needs of population growth. Approximately 33 per cent of people do not have...

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SpaceX's Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone

Nov 18, 2020 03:28 am UTC| Science

I walk outside my rural Saskatchewan house before dawn and look up, expecting to have my breath taken away by the sheer number of stars overhead. Im a professional astronomer, but I still appreciate naked-eye stargazing as...

Asteroid alert: Fireball spotted over mid-northeast US

Nov 17, 2020 06:09 am UTC| Science

The chances of an asteroid actually colliding with Earth are very small but there are some space rocks that tend to slip past the radars of many space agencies. Recently, one fireball was spotted over the skies of the...

Climate change discovery: Subterranean river found under Greenland ice sheet

Nov 17, 2020 05:59 am UTC| Science Nature

Although climate change is nothing new, it is becoming more and more of a problem today due to the effect it is having on our planets frozen regions. Now, a study discovered a very long subterranean river under Greenlands...

Mars discovery: Scientists explain how the Red Planet has lost water

Nov 16, 2020 07:11 am UTC| Science

Mars is known to be a dry desert, but it was once the opposite millions of years ago. As to how the red planet came to be, scientists were able to explain the process that turned Mars into the dry desert that we know it to...