(Natural News) A new study published in the Physical Review Letters suggests that the remnant cores of dead average-size stars can explode like a nuclear bomb. Known as white dwarfs, these dense cores are packed with heavy radioactive elements called actinides that can spontaneously undergo nuclear fission – the splitting of atoms. Depending on certain conditions, these cores can eventually undergo uncontrolled fission, […]

(Natural News) The Department of Defense warned that a Chinese rocket hurtling unpredictably back to Earth could crash on a populated area on Saturday, May 8. The Pentagon added that it could not determine at this point where the space junk would land, but reports suggested the range of its potential impact region included New York. “U.S. Space Command is aware of and tracking the […]

(Natural News) There is a weak spot in the Earth’s magnetic field, and some scientists believe it may have been caused by the remnants of an ancient planet that impacted the Earth billions of years ago. The Earth has a protective geomagnetic field that shields the planet from deadly solar radiation. This field is generated […]

(Natural News) An asteroid simulation exercise led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shown that our existing technology cannot take down a killer asteroid discovered six months before it hits the Earth. Indeed, the exercise suggests that even a nuclear bomb isn’t enough to break the asteroid apart because the rock is too big. It also shows that preparing […]

(Natural News) Scientists thought that GJ 1132 b, a distant exoplanet discovered in 2015, lost its atmosphere. But now it seems that it has formed itself a new one. The gases of this new atmosphere suggest a volcanic origin as well. Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory made the discovery after examining existing observations of GJ 1132 […]

(Natural News) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may be able to provide evidence of aliens as early as 2026. This is according to Caprice Phillips of the Ohio State University, who found with her colleagues that Webb can detect signs of alien life in three days or so. Phillips said that after a few […]

(Natural News) A new study published in the journal Astrobiology suggests that the subsurface of Mars may be habitable. In the study, researchers explain that the same chemical reactions supporting microbial life deep beneath the Earth’s surface can occur in the Martian underground. An important component for those reactions is water, and past studies suggest that Mars may be […]

(Natural News) The sun unleashed a powerful solar flare after one of its sunspots erupted late Monday, April 19. It released a pulse of X-rays and ultraviolet rays toward Earth, ionizing the top of the atmosphere and causing a shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. Mariners and ham radio operators in the area might have noticed unusual […]

(Natural News) Researchers have identified five solar systems with multiple stars that may be hosting habitable planets. The researchers found that these so-called multiple star systems can support a stable “habitable zone,” the region around stars where liquid water can exist on planets. “Life is far most likely to evolve on planets located within their system’s habitable zone, just […]

(Natural News) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration might have recorded an unidentified flying object (UFO) slamming into the International Space Station (ISS) on March 19. A British UFO enthusiast named Graham claimed that the orb-like object that struck the ISS was “intelligent-controlled.” He explained that the orb appeared to have changed direction after the impact. It also stayed bright […]