Science n Space News

New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been travelling alongside our planet since 100 BC

Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.

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Mystery pathogen is stripping sea urchins of their flesh and turning them to skeletons — and it's spreading fast

A mysterious epidemic that began in the Mediterranean at the start of the year looks set to wipe out all of the Mediterranean and Red Sea’s urchins, and possibly their coral reefs too.

logo.png  By WG  May 31, 2023

What is the speed of light?

Light is faster than anything else in the known universe, though its speed can change depending on what it's passing through.

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World War II 'horror bunker' run by infamous Unit 731 discovered in China

A bunker discovered near the city of Anda in northeast China is believed to be the largest test site of Imperial Japan's infamous Unit 731, which conducted horrifying human experiments during the 1940s.

logo.png  By WG  May 31, 2023