How the Full Moon briefly vanished, nearly a thousand years ago0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2021
On this day in weather history, an extremely rare ‘dark’ lunar eclipse occurred on the 5th of May, in the year 1110, but how?

On this day in weather history, an extremely rare ‘dark’ lunar eclipse occurred on the 5th of May, in the year 1110, but how?

Long March 5B is doing 27,600km/h in failing orbit, with eventual crash site unknown, after launching space station hub

Data obtained by bouncing radio waves off Venus – treating it, as one scientist said, like a giant disco ball – is providing new insight into Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, including a precise calculation of the duration of a Venusian day.

The atom’s nucleus is surrounded by a neutron shell just 0.28 trillionths of a millimeter thick

A first-of-its-kind study by SFU finds that Indigenous forest gardens filled with fruit and nut trees are still thriving, at least 150 years later

It’s a big week for big asteroids as two huge space rocks at least the size of football fields—but potentially much bigger—are due to make a close approach to Earth.

A blinding flash of light, something unidentified overhead or aliens at the door. Somewhere the truth is out there.

Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad.

More than a year into a very real crisis, experts gathered virtually to confront a second emergency, a potential asteroid impact — but this disaster, fortunately, was entirely hypothetical.

With enough water, underground Mars rocks could support microbial life, a new study says.