SCIENCE & TECH

By Reuters SEOUL—South Korea launched its first lunar orbiter on Friday as it doubles down on its space programs, aiming to land a probe on the moon by 2030. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter,…

By Naveen Athrappully The earth spun at its fastest speed on June 29, completing its shortest day and baffling scientists as to why this is happening. The earth finished a spin…

By Reuters WASHINGTON—Astronomers have observed the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a “black widow” that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of…

By Katie Spence News Analysis Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) reached a record 3 million in 2020, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). That’s an increase of 40 percent…

By Zachary Stieber The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on July 12 unveiled more images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, including one showing a cluster of galaxies. One of the…

By Reuters Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through…

By Reuters GENEVA—Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nuclear research centre CERN said…

The search for life in outer space continues BY JESSIE ZHANG NASA has successfully launched its second rocket from Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) after initial delays due to bad wind and rain conditions. The launch on…

By Enrico Trigoso Attorneys John Pierce and former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) filed in May a federal civil RICO (racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act) lawsuit seeking over $10…

By Mimi Nguyen Ly Dmitry Rogozin, the director-general of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, said that some sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), colloquially referred to as UFOs, could be attributable to extraterrestrial…