(Natural News) One of the most iconic scenes in the Superman movie was when the titular hero flew around the Earth at light speed, reversing its rotation and turning back time to prevent Lois Lane from dying. While this opens up a lengthy discussion on the possibility of time travel, more curious minds from the Max Planck Institute […]

(Natural News) A Japanese study reported that it found a mineral in a lunar meteorite that requires water in order to form. This discovery has led researchers to theorize that Earth’s satellite used to have liquid water, an article in Space.com states. Furthermore, the researchers believe the moon may contain underground pockets of water ice. […]

(Natural News) Now that NASA has finished testing its new nuclear reactor on the ground, it is aiming its sights a lot higher. The space agency is considering fitting the Kilopower system onto a moon-bound lander for its first flight test in the middle of the 2020s, an article in Space News states. In a recent press conference, […]

(Natural News) The ice cap of frozen worlds – like the Jovian moon Europa – could be concealing alien life. In a Space.com article, new research suggests that heat from the hydrothermal vents at the bottom of global oceans could be reacting with oxidants that penetrate the ice sheet, there providing the conditions for life […]

(Natural News) Deserts are among the most inhospitable places on Earth. Yet, nestled under sun-soaked, rocky valleys, life exists. These minute, photosynthetic organisms are known as hypolithic cyanobacteria or simply hypoliths, and they’ve managed to survive in the most unwelcoming of places. This uncanny ability to shrug off conditions that would doom most animals and […]

(Natural News) If future plans to colonize the moon or other planets in the solar system are ever going to become successful, there needs to be a tried and tested way of planting crops and harvesting them without any issues. That’s part of the reason why the EDEN-ISS greenhouse container was put together and then […]

(Natural News) As far as we can remember, the concept of time has always been there. But what really is time? Is it truly the fourth dimension that comes after space? Joseph Glenn Jessome of the Jessome Society shared his insights on the real meaning of time in the latest episode of CounterThink with Mike […]

(Natural News) Before the moon, there was water on Earth. This was the conclusion a group of scientists arrived upon after they studied lunar rocks from all six of the Apollo missions and investigated volcanic rocks from the Earth’s oceans. The research team, led by Richard Greenwood of Open University, a distance learning and research university […]

(Natural News) Sun spots may be common and solar flares a regular occurrence, but they are still often worthy of taking note. Case in point: Last September 6, 2017, there were two powerful solar flares detected and recorded. What was unusual was that the second one in particular was the most powerful solar flare recorded […]

(Natural News) Ever since humanity’s first foray into space, our astronauts have had to contend with deep-space radiation. Scientists have done what they can to protect space voyagers and technology from exposure to cosmic rays. But, as new research has shown, that may not be enough: The radiation environment of space may be higher than […]