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Google Science Feeds: A rare Halloween 'blue moon' will shine on trick-or-treaters tonight
If anyone is trying to wake some dark spirits, tonight's the night. Halloween is here (Oct. 31), along with a full "blue moon" — meaning the second full moon in a single month. All Hallow's Eve full moons are rare enough, occurring about once every 19 years.
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Google Science Feeds: NASA's new rocket would be the most powerful ever. But it's the software that has some officials worried.
NASA's newest moon rocket is powered not only by four RS-25 engines that, combined, unleash 2 million pounds of thrust, but by two solid fuel side boosters that burn six tons of propellant a second at such enormous temperatures that during a recent test fire ...
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Google Science Feeds: Frontline in the Arctic
Arctic sea ice hit the second-lowest level ever recorded this year, reaching its summer minimum level in mid-September. Warm temperatures and an unusual summer heatwave in Siberia contributed to the ice reaching that threshold for ...
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Google Science Feeds: 'They're Calling You on the Squid Phone'
Earlier this week, and more than 2,700 feet underwater by the northern Great Barrier Reef, a remotely operated vehicle named SuBastian engaged in a stare-off with a burrito. That's what the creature looked like from a distance: an untoasted cylinder floating ...
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Google Science Feeds: Bat winged dinosaurs can slide well
A recent study shows that two small dinosaurs, Yi and Ambopteryx, despite their bat-like wings, had poor flight skills and, at best, could glide awkwardly from tree to tree. They could not compete with other tree dinosaurs and the first real birds around them and ...
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Google Science Feeds: Psyche, an asteroid believed to be worth $10000 quadrillion, is observed through Hubble Telescope in new study
(CNN) A rare metallic asteroid about three times farther away from the sun than our planet could yield secrets about Earth's molten core, and scientists want to learn all about it. A new study published Monday in The Planetary Science Journal takes a closer ...
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Google Science Feeds: Watch This 'Savage, Ferocious' Snake Rip Its Prey into Pieces While Still Alive
One of the most curious snake species on the planet is the cat-eyed water snake, a menacing creature with a penchant for soft crabs that tears its prey into bits while still alive. This decidedly picky species will only gobble the right kind of crab when it has been ...
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Google Science Feeds: These Ants Spray Their Victims with Acid Before Decorating Their Nests with Their Skulls
There is a species of ant that could be considered one of the most grotesque out there because of its unusual choice of home decor—the decapitated heads of their victims. Scientific studies have consistently found Formica archboldi ants tend to keep lots of ...
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Google Science Feeds: NASA's JUNO captured Jupiter's colorful electrical outbursts
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, both in terms of volume and mass, and its atmosphere is known to play host to a dizzying array of chaotic vortexes and atmospheric phenomenon. The findings were published on October 27, 2020, in the Journal of ...
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Google Science Feeds: Essex lorry deaths: Suffocating Vietnamese migrants shouted for help
PC Jack Emerson told the Old Bailey how he and a colleague were sent to an industrial park after an emergency call from lorry driver Maurice Robinson. Maurice Robinson, 26, had collected the sealed container from the southeast English port of Purfleet after ...
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