The Haystack Observatory in Westford Had a Big Role in the Black Hole’s Image
Wednesday, April 7, 2019, was a great day in humankind history. The National Science Foundation shared the first image of a black hole! The impressive black hole is inside the Virgo Galaxy, also known as Messier 87. The image was captured in 2017, and until…
Green Meteor Was Spotted On Tuesday In The Skyline Over Carolinas, Georgia
The internet was flooded with pictures of a green fireball running through the Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday morning. This happened early in the morning when people were going to school and work and this is why the green fireball was trending on social media. The…
Why Are Plant and Animal Genomes So Important?
For those of you who might not know, a genome is the genetic material of an organism that consists of DNA. Back in 1998 scientists started to produce the first genome from an animal, a worm. Luckily, because of the advances in technology, they have…
Pangolins Found in Their Natural Habitat Hugging Trees
A new video of huge pangolins shows these creatures at their most normal in Uganda. In the video, the creatures, which are the only mammals that have scales, are seen roaming around, sniffing for food. In one other clip, the baby pangolin stays on its…
Who is Responsible for the Death of the Huge Killer Shark
The largest marine predator to ever live, the megalodon, became extinct and in recent months new theories have cropped up as to who is to blame for that. Now, the giant shark is said to have died earlier than previously presumed according to a new…
NASA probe survives the furthest exploration of human history
NASA celebrated the New Year with the historic New Horizons spacecraft survey of the world’s farthest and perhaps the oldest surviving celestial object, Ultima Thule, located some 6.4 billion kilometers from the Earth, hoping to learn more about planet formation. A series of eagerly awaited…