Keep an eye on Venus to help spot the rest of the planet parade in the night sky, astronomers say
February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. But glimpsing all seven won’t be easy, astronomers say. While the seven planets will all be above the horizon just after sunset, Mercury and Saturn will be more difficult to spot Thursday and Friday evenings. “Mercury and Saturn are particularly close to the sun and will be lost in the sun’s glare, though Mercury will get higher and higher each day and easier to spot,” said Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University, in a statement. “To have a chance, you will need a clear view of the western horizon and maybe binoculars to spot them after the sun sets.”
A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Now, the scientists say they have worked out the sequence of events that likely killed the victim and led to the formation of the unique and puzzling glass, thought essentially to constitute fossilized brain tissue. Recovered from the coastal town of Herculaneum, which along with Pompeii was wiped out by the eruption, the remains belonged to an individual, thought to be a young man, who was found lying face down on a bed buried by volcanic ash.
Katy Perry and Gayle King are among 6 women headed to space aboard New Shepard
Blue Origin’s next crewed flight mission aboard its tourism rocket, expected to lift off this spring, will carry an all-female crew to space. Journalist Gayle King, singer Katy Perry and bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen are among the six-person crew who will launch on the New Shepard vehicle. They will be joined by Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist and CEO of STEMBoard, and Kerianne Flynn, a film producer who has conducted nonprofit work with The Allen-Stevenson School, The High Line and Hudson River Park.
iPhone voice recognition controversy: 'Racist' converts to 'Trump'
technology you use every day? That's exactly what happened to me recently, and it led me down a rabbit hole of unexpected discoveries about my iPhone's voice-to-text feature. It all began when I came across a TikTok video claiming that when using Apple's voice-to-text feature, saying the word "racist" would initially result in the word "Trump" being typed before quickly correcting itself. Intrigued and somewhat skeptical, I felt compelled to investigate this claim myself.
This NASA-backed lander is heading for the moon on a history-making search for water
Two robotic landers, one from the United States and the other from Japan, are currently in transit toward the moon — and this week a third will join them. The latest contender is a standout: The spacecraft, called Athena, is built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which so far is the only private sector company on Earth that has previously made a safe touchdown on the moon.
Autonomous robotaxi successfully completes 75 mph highway testing
Ever wonder when you'll actually see self-driving robotaxis on the highway? Well, Motional is getting closer. Its IONIQ 5 robotaxi just nailed high-speed tests, cruising at 75 mph. This is a big deal for its goal of making transportation safer and easier for everyone.
Texas-based company that made historic soft touchdown on the moon launches high-stakes lunar excursion
Two robotic landers, one from the United States and the other from Japan, are currently in transit toward the moon — and a third has just joined them. The latest contender is a standout: The spacecraft, called Athena, was built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which so far is the only private sector company on Earth that has previously made a safe touchdown on the moon.
Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists say
More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean, according to a new study. Inch by inch, as massive glaciers crept over frozen land toward an ice-covered sea, they scoured the ground beneath them, gouging and scraping rocks from Earth’s crust. When the glaciers eventually melted, they released a torrent of terrestrial chemicals into the ocean, researchers recently reported. Minerals swept up on land by this “glacial broom” altered marine chemistry and infused oceans with nutrients that they say may have shaped how complex life evolved.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX prepares for 8th Starship launch, pending FAA approval
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch the eighth flight test of Starship from Boca Chica, Texas, which could blast off as soon as this Friday as long as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gives its approval. "Starship Flight 8 flies Friday," Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, said in a post on X Sunday. For the first time, the upcoming flight has a planned payload deployment and multiple experiments on re-entry geared toward returning the upper stage booster to the launch site to be caught. The launch will also include the return and catch of the Super Heavy booster that will blast the rocket off the launchpad.
Fox News AI Newsletter: Meet the AI real estate agent making millions
Artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm and the real estate industry is no exception. Israeli startup eSelf AI is making it possible for customers to get their questions answered whether it’s 3:00 in the afternoon or 3:00 in the morning. NEAR A.I. co-founder and CEO Illia Polosukhin says A.I. is starting to become a fundamental part of peoples' digital life on 'The Claman Countdown.'