Author: Daniel Tom

Astrophysicists have performed a powerful new analysis that places the most precise limits yet on the composition and evolution of the universe. With this analysis, dubbed Pantheon+, cosmologists find themselves at a crossroads. Pantheon+ convincingly finds that the cosmos is composed of about two-thirds dark energy and one-third matter—mostly in the form of dark matter—and…

The mummies can be beautiful. This is the case of the one found in Saqqara, 60 kilometers southwest of Cairo, and which has been enthusiastically described by Egyptian archaeologists who have found it as the most beautiful mummy ever discovered in Egypt. The mummy is covered by a golden mask that reproduces a face, and…

Fast, light and deadly. The civilization based on the banks of the Nile perfected the war chariots to turn them into firing platforms that wreaked havoc among their adversaries. Although it was not the ancient Egyptians who introduced the war chariot in battle (this privilege belongs to the Sumerian cities of southern Mesopotamia, as revealed…

Another key milestone has been achieved in the UK production of Boxer Armoured Vehicles for the British Army. WFEL has now completed the first fabricated and painted Drive Module hull complete with spall liner materials and driver’s bay insulation.   Drive Modules are common to all Boxer vehicle variants and ultimately contain the power pack,…

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the moon will pass in front of the sun in the last solar eclipse of 2022. Here’s everything you need to know. On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the moon will pass in front of the sun in the last solar eclipse of 2022 in an event that could be visible to millions…

Illustration of a red dwarf star orbited by a hypothetical exoplanet. Red dwarfs erupt with intense flares that could strip a nearby planet’s atmosphere over time, or make the surface inhospitable to life as we know it. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/G. Bacon An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf—the most common type of star in the universe—appears…

Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System much faster than was previously possible. Such routes can drive comets and asteroids near Jupiter to Neptune’s distance in under a decade and to 100 astronomical units in less than a century. They could be used to send spacecraft to the far…

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the moon will pass in front of the sun in the last solar eclipse of 2022 in an event that could be visible to millions of skywatchers lucky enough to be in the visibility path. The Oct. 25 solar eclipse will be a partial solar eclipse and the second eclipse of…

The New York Air Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing flew a ski-equipped LC-130 outfitted with more powerful engines for the first time during a test flight at Stratton Air National Guard Base, October 11th. An aircrew of seven airmen conducted a test flight of an LC-130, equipped with new NP2000 T56-A-15A turbo-prop 3.5 upgrades. A turboprop…

About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north. Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which is different to a complete magnetic pole reversal, occurs irregularly through time and reflects the dynamics of Earth’s molten outer core.…