The spacecraft crashed into an asteroid the size of the Washington Monument. NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally collided with an asteroid on Monday evening, in an attempt to alter the space rock’s trajectory. The mission tested technology that could help defend Earth against potential future aster

On May 22nd the people of Ireland will vote on the constitutional definition of marriage and whether or not to allow same sex couples to marry. If Irish people vote yes in their marriage equality referendum, on May 22, Ireland will become the first country in the world to do so by a national popular...

The BLU-109/B is a hardened penetration bomb used by United States military aircraft. (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit.) It is intended to smash through concrete shelters and other hardened structures before exploding. The BLU-109/B has a steel casing about 1 inch (25.4 mm) thick, filled with 5...

Founded in August 2000, DeviantArt is the largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts, and a platform for emerging and established artists to exhibit, promote, and share their works with an enthusiastic, art-centric community. Artists love us because we are an inclusive and suppor...

The Grand Finale - NASA's Cassini spacecraft will dive through the unexplored space between Saturn and its rings. What we learn from these ultra-close passes over the planet could be some of the most exciting revelations ever returned by the long-lived spacecraft. This animated video tells the story...

American astrophysicist and cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote and narrated a YouTube piece for Minute Physics called A Brief History of Everything, with the scientist explaining and condensing the epic 16 billion year history of the universe into a succinct eight minute video. While the basic co

Narcissistic millennial influencer Chava Kanipshin (known to her followers as "Queen Vava") is obsessed with her social media empire... so much so that she has no time or energy for the real world, for actual friendships, or — least of all — for Hanukkah with her family. That is until she is transpo

The Philadelphia Orchestra rehearses the "cheesesteak solo" portion of Tod Machover's new work "Philadelphia Voices." The piece received its world premiere by the Orchestra on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Verizon Hall. It wass also schedule to play in Carnegie Hall in NYC.

The Maccabeats have also incorporated images of Jewish survival and solidarity through the decades, from that German image of a menorah in a window sill surrounded by Nazi flags, to the 1933 American Jewish Congress march against Nazism, to the 1987 march for Soviet Jewry in DC. There are also plent...

Our 2019 Outlook Report highlights the urgent need for our continued and accelerated action to improve the long-term outlook for the Great Barrier Reef. It is the third in a series of comprehensive reports on Reef health and management over 10 years, with the long-term outlook for the Reef’s ecosyst