Feb 20, 2019
A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf — an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has died — ringed by dust and debris. Astronomers suspect this could be the first...
Feb 19, 2019
Astronomers have spent decades looking for something that sounds like it would be hard to miss: about a third of the “normal” matter in the universe. New results from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may have helped them locate this elusive expanse...
Feb 18, 2019
South Africa faces a range of risks, from unemployment to governance failures and cyber-attacks that threaten the country’s ability to grow and thrive. This is according to the fifth edition of its Risk Report: South Africa Risks 2019 by the Institute of Risk...
Feb 15, 2019
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the groundwork for NASA’s return to the Red Planet. The Opportunity...
Feb 14, 2019
Mark Davison is at IBM Think in San Francisco – One of the most popular sessions at IBM’s Think conferences is the annual 5 in 5 predictions at its Science Slam – and this year’s event proved to be no exception. The brainchild of senior...
Feb 13, 2019
Mark Davison is at IBM Think in San Francisco – There was standing room only in Moscone West conference centre for IBM chairman, president and CEO, Ginni Rometty’s keynote address – and at multiple other venues around San Francisco, including the Metreon cinema...
