Aylin Woodward
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The gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics are just 1.2% gold
Every medal handed out at the Tokyo Olympics weighs at least 0.45 kilograms. But the first place prizes contain only 1.2% of gold. → Read More
Jeff Bezos went to space to realize how fragile Earth is. A 10-minute flight may not be long enough to experience this 'overview effect.'
Some astronauts realize how fragile the Earth is when they see it from space - known as "the overview effect." Bezos hoped to have that same feeling. → Read More
Mars and Venus will appear just a finger's width apart in the night sky on Monday and Tuesday. Here's how to see it.
Mars and Venus will be a mere half-degree apart, or about the width of an index finger at arm's length, in the sky on Monday and Tuesday nights. → Read More
Every single person in Maryland who died of COVID-19 in June was unvaccinated. The pattern applies to other states, too.
Last month, 130 people in Maryland died from COVID-19. All of them were unvaccinated, according to the governor. → Read More
The dinosaurs may have already been going extinct before the cataclysmic space rock hit Earth, new findings suggest
Did dinosaurs go extinct after a space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago, or were they already declining? → Read More
Scientists have solved the mystery behind India's devastating flood that killed 200 people in February
Four months ago, a massive chunk broke off a glacier in India. The ice melted on impact, causing a deadly flood, a new study says. → Read More
A 2019 video shows scientists from the Wuhan CDC collecting samples in bat caves
Scientists from Wuhan, China were exploring local bat caves in order to identify new viruses prior to the start of the pandemic. → Read More
NASA is finally returning to Venus with 2 new spacecraft
By orbiting Venus and plunging to its surface, NASA's new missions could reveal how the planet became so hellishly hot, and whether it hosts life. → Read More
A piece of space debris punched a tiny hole in the International Space Station, damaging a robotic arm
Scientists monitor more than 23,000 pieces of space junk that could threaten satellites and the space station. But some debris is too tiny to track. → Read More
A lab leak in Wuhan versus a natural hop from bats: Evidence for each theory of the coronavirus pandemic's origin
A US intelligence report found that staff at a Wuhan lab fell ill just before the pandemic, fueling speculation the coronavirus escaped from a lab. → Read More
The farthest spacecraft from Earth has detected a 'hum' in the space beyond our solar system
The Voyager 1 probe left our solar system nearly a decade ago. It recently detected a faint hum made by interstellar gas. → Read More
Sharks are among a group of animals with a 6th sense that humans don't have
A new study suggests sharks use the magnetic field to orient themselves on long migrations. They're far from the only animals with that sixth sense. → Read More
In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn't stop a space rock from decimating Europe
Space agencies participated in a week-long NASA exercise in which they tried - and failed - to stop a fictitious asteroid from hitting Europe. → Read More
T. rexes liked to walk as slowly as humans do, a leisurely 5kph, a new study says
Experts already knew T. rex was slow, with a max speed between 15kph and 40kph. But a new study suggests these predators preferred to walk even slower. → Read More
Watch 2 supermassive black holes dance around each other in a mesmerizing NASA animation
Black holes are encircled by a glowing disk of hot gas. When one black hole approaches another, its strong gravity can bend the other's light. → Read More
A whopping 2.5 billion fully grown T. rexes walked the Earth in the course of the species' existence, paleontologists found
A study estimates how many adult T. rexes could live in a given area. That enabled researchers to calculate the total number of rexes that ever lived. → Read More
Remnants of an ancient planet buried inside the Earth may be the cause of a weak spot in the magnetic field
There's a growing weak spot in Earth's magnetic field. Scientists say it may be due to giant pieces of an ancient planet buried inside Earth. → Read More
Earth contains buried chunks of an alien world that are 'millions of times larger than Mount Everest,' research suggests
Chunks of dense rock hundreds of miles tall lie in Earth's mantle. They may have come from an ancient planet named Theia that once hit Earth. → Read More
A pit full of 6,200-year-old skeletons is now the oldest known example of 'indiscriminate, mass killing'
A study suggests that an ancient Croatian pit was the site of the world's oldest documented mass killing. Many children and adults were buried there. → Read More
The mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua was a chunk of planet from another solar system, a new study says
Some astronomers think space object 'Oumuamua could have been an alien spaceship. But new research suggests it was a piece of a Pluto-like planet. → Read More