When Betelgeuse goes Supernova what will be the effects on Earth (not just the radiation but also the ejected gas shell)? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Corey S. Powell, former editor in chief of Discover, on

FILE PHOTO: A Toyota logo is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp, one of the world’s largest automakers, and Japan’s space agency said on Tuesday they had agreed to cooperate in developing a manned lunar rover that runs

Toyota’s proposed lunar rover will be self-driving and use zero-emission electric fuel cell technology. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency & Toyota Motor Corporation Japan is planning a moon landing for 2029 and wants its astronauts to explore the lunar surface in a vehicle built by Japanese automaker Toyota. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota announced

On Valentine’s Day 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that El Niño officially arrived. The climate agency stated in a press release: El Niño conditions across the equatorial Pacific have come together, and we can now announce its arrival,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, and ENSO forecaster. “While sea surface

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The United States and Brazil have negotiated an accord to safeguard U.S. space technology the South American nation hopes will be used in commercial rockets lifting off from its launch site near the equator, the Brazilian government said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A view of Alcantara space center during a media members

President Trump is a proponent of a permanent daylight saving time. Credit: GettyGetty As the United States wakes up sleep-deprived Monday morning, Trump announces he supports permanent daylight saving time in 2019 and beyond. President Trump is just as tired as the rest of America in switching our clocks twice a year. Most of the United

In April of 1990, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Neptune, snapping a series of incredible images of our Solar System’s outermost planet. 150 years prior, nobody knew that our Solar System would wind up containing 8 planets, but a few scientists suspected, from the evidence of Uranus, that it might be out there.Time Life

Theories are perhaps the most powerful products to come out of the scientific process. A theory can explain a wide swath of natural phenomena in a single unifying framework. Like general relativity: everything from orbiting satellites to black holes to the history of the universe to waves of gravity all sit under the same roof.

Raspberry Pi’s like this one have helped make Sony’s manufacturing facility in Wales 30% more efficient, according to its general manager. Image via Sony Open a box with a Raspberry Pi and it can seem like the rest of the computer is missing. Costing just $35, it’s a stripped-down circuit board covered with metal pins and squares,

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin On Feb 28th NASA’s InSight Lander began digging into the soil of Mars. The goal was to send a tether with temperature sensors down into the surface of the planet in order to take temperature readings. It seems for now, after two rounds of hammering, the

Brie Larson attends the Marvel Studios ‘Captain Marvel’ Premiere held on March 4, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)Getty You are not Captain Marvel. You are not the most powerful superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). You are also not playing Captain Marvel in the movie Captain Marvel. That role is already taken

Deposit Photos Enhanced By CogWorld Introduction Humans cannot exist without systems of meaning and having an identity. Over the years, human identity has been represented by a complex set of many external variables: family, community, ethnicity, nationality, religion, philosophy, science, occupation and so on. We are now moving towards internal variables of a human body:

A ‘Big Bounce’ requires a recollapsing phase (i.e., a Big Crunch) followed by an expanding phase (which looks like a new Big Bang).E. Siegel, derivative from Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason The ultimate fate of the Universe is one of the biggest existential questions we can ask. Given that our Universe has been around for billions of

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Female pearl divers next to Kokichi Mikimoto, inventor of cultivating pearls. Japan, 1921.Nationaal Archief | Wikimedia Commons In celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, I wanted to shine a spotlight on the ama, a title that has been ascribed to the famous female pearl divers of Japan. Ama, which

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX (AP Photo/John Raoux)ASSOCIATED PRESS SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s security clearance is currently being reviewed by the Defense Department as a consequence of smoking marijuana on the Joe Rogan podcast last September, according to a report from Bloomberg. The review isn’t likely to change SpaceX’s relationship with the Air Force, with

FILE PHOTO: The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station March 3, 2019. NASA/Handout via REUTERS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday morning after a short-term stay on the International Space Station, capping the first orbital test mission in

Human beings can exist on our world today because of the ingredients and rules that make up the Universe. If things were too different, intelligent observers of any type would be impossible.VaniaRaposo / Pixabay Imagine you’ve encountered a natural phenomenon you want to understand better, but don’t have the tools to do so. Perhaps you’re

(Reuters) – An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX was due to return to earth on Friday after a short-term stay on the International Space Station, capping the first orbital test mission in NASA’s long-delayed quest to resume human space flight from U.S. soil later this year. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International

Since the Wright brothers’ first flight in 1903 air travel has continued to inspire people around the world and airlines have helped drive innovation in travel and quality of life. As more and more people travel and become increasingly aware of their carbon footprint, flying has come under the spotlight as one of the most

On a bright Spring day in Tuscany, sometime around 1500 CE, a dowdy merchant in the lovely city of Florence rolled out of bed. He smelled something different in the air. He sprang from his bed, but his wife and the animals in the house still asleep, moved quietly to the shutters and opened them to