Articles by Jean-Pierre Chigne
Interstellar Immigrant Has Been Caught In Jupiter's Orbit For 4.5 Billion Years: Where Did This Asteroid Come From?
Scientists just found this solar system's first interstellar immigrant, an object from outside that has now been in Jupiter's orbit for 4.5 billion years. Where did this interstellar object come from?
NASA Creating Coldest Spot In The Universe That Is 10 Billion Times Colder Than Vacuum Of Space
NASA will be using lasers on the International Space Station to create the coldest spot in the universe. This spot will be 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.
Google May Have Faked Its Duplex AI Demo That Freaked Everyone Out
Google came under fire for creating AI so advanced that it mimicked a human voice down to the speech patterns. This outrage may have been in vain as the company is skirting questions about the demonstration.
NASA Exoplanet Hunter TESS Takes Test Image As It Gets Gravity Boost From The Moon
NASA's exoplanet hunting spacecraft TESS snapped a photograph as it made its way pay the moon, thanks to a gravity assist. TESS will be hunting for exoplanets and is expected to find thousands.
China Launching Satellite To Study Far Side Of The Moon On May 21
China is getting ready to launch its satellite that will study the far side of the Moon, which is tidally locked and perpetually facing away from Earth. The satellite is a preparation for a rover China will send in the future.
Bill Gates Tells Story About The 2 Times He Explained To Donald Trump The Difference Between HPV And HIV
Bill Gates told a story to an audience where it showed that the current president of the United States doesn't know the difference between HPV and HIV. Gates had to explain the difference between the two on two separate occasions.
Google's Leaked Internal Video 'The Selfish Ledger' Shows How A Population Could Be Controlled By Data
In a Black Mirror-style video, Google produced an internal video called 'The Selfish Ledger' that shows how data can be used to control people. When a large company that controls a vast amount of data makes a video such as this, it is concerning.
Scientists May Have Found Evidence Of Planet Nine Due To Strange Orbit Of Trans Neptunian Object
Scientists have theorized that there may be a ninth planet in the solar system due to strange orbits that many Trans Neptunian objects have. One of those objects may have just delivered evidence of a ninth planet.
April 2018 Was The 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Due To Global Warming
Earth just had its 400th consecutive warmer-than-average month due to global warming in April 2018. This April was also the third warmest April on record.
Holographic RED Hydrogen One Phone Will Be Released On AT&T And Verizon This Summer
The mysterious RED Hydrogen One smartphone will be released on two of the US's leading carriers this summer. It purports to be the first holographic phone in the world.
Scientists Still Aren't Sure Why Lizards Developed Toxic Green Blood That Evolved 4 Times
A new study finds that green blood may have evolved independently in several lizards. Scientists are still not sure of the benefits of having green toxic blood.
Stars Found To Have Formed Only 250 Million Years After The Big Bang
Astronomers have found stars that formed just 250 million years after the Big Bang. This is the first time that astronomers have detected stars that are that old.
Nonprofit Company Plans To Print All 25 Million English Wikipedia Pages And Send Them To The Moon
A nonprofit company revealed its plan to print out all of the pages in the English archive of Wikipedia on metal sheets and send them to the moon. The sheets will be thinner than human hair.
Egg Farm That Spread Salmonella Throughout The Country Had 'Unacceptable Rodent Activity'
The farm responsible for the current salmonella scare in the United States was found to have a rodent problem by the US Food and Drug Administration. Dead and live rodents were found near the hen houses.
Viral Audio Takes Over Internet And People Aren't Sure If They Hear 'Yanny' Or 'Laurel' In The Clip
A new clip surfaced online that people haven't been able to agree upon, if it's saying 'Yanny' or 'Laurel.' The internet is up in arms over who is right about this clip.
Small Island In The Philippines Has 4 New Species Of Worm-Eating Mice
Scientists have found that a small island in the Philippines was able to host four different species of mice that developed over time. It is the smallest space ever documented to have evolved new mammals.
Scientists Transfer Memories From One Sea Slug Into Another Via Injection: How Are Memories Stored?
Scientists have achieved what seemed impossible, they have transferred a memory from one living organism to another. They were able to transplant the memories of sea slugs by moving genetic material from one to the other.
NASA Finds Evidence That Spacecraft Flew Through Water Plume On Jupiter's Moon Europa Back In 1997
Old data from the Jupiter probe Galileo shows that it flew through a water plume on the moon of Europa. Although the data has been available for more than 20 years, scientists were just able to see this now.
Lead Pollution Found In Greenland Ice Core Shows Lead Emissions From Ancient Greeks And Romans
Lead pollution trapped in ice cores taken from Greenland shows mining operations from the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman empires. This shows the economic vitality of the empires by how much lead is found in the ice.
Iowa Baby Hit By Softball During Game May Have Suffered 'Significant' Brain Damage
Earlier in May, eight-week-old McKenna Hovenga was struck by a foul ball at her father's softball game suffering a fractured skull. Doctors are now saying that Hovenga may have suffered significant brain damage due to the incident.
Trump Administration Shuts Down NASA's $10 Million Carbon Monitoring Program While CO2 Levels Soar
NASA will be shutting down its Carbon Monitoring System, which kept tracks of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Experts say that this move can make it harder to measure emissions in the atmosphere.
First Known Case Of Conjoined Twin Deer Found In Minnesota Forest
Scientists are studying the first known case of a two-headed deer in its species. The twin fawns were already dead when they were found in a forest in Minnesota two years ago.
Salmonella Outbreak Caused By Recalled Eggs Infects 35 People In 9 States
A salmonella outbreak has infected 35 people in nine different states across the United States. Eggs have been identified as the cause of the outbreak, and over 200,000 eggs were recalled in April due to fears of contamination.
Snapchat Launches Redesign To Appease 1.2 Million People Who Hated The First Redesign
Snapchat users were not happy with the initial redesign of the app, and now Snapchat unveiled a new redesign to fix some of those flaws. Will this help take care of those users who have left the app over the redesign?
Woman Dies Allegedly From Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Being Undiagnosed In First 2 Doctor Visits
A woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria allegedly from a vacation in Florida has died. She only underwent biopsy on her third doctor visit and a surgery 2 months before her death.
Depression Skyrockets By 33 Percent, On The Rise Among Teens And Millennials
A Blue Cross Blue Shield Association report found that depression spiked by 33 percent in 2013-2016. In particular, it was high among adolescents and millennials.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Criticizes The Movie 'Chappaquiddick' For Getting Moon Phases Wrong
Neil deGrasse Tyson criticized the film 'Chappaquiddick' for getting the lunar phases wrong. Twitter jumped on his back for obsessing over such a minute detail in the movie.
First Death In Democratic Republic Of Congo's Ebola Outbreak Occurred In January, 25 Cases Now Confirmed
The first death in the current Ebola outbreak facing the Democratic Republic of Congo has been reported. The number of confirmed cases of Ebola has risen to 25.
NASA Captures Images Of Kilauea Volcano Spewing Gas And Lava In Hawaii
NASA was able to capture a huge plume of ash erupting from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Scientists used satellite imagery to be able to capture the eruption as it happened.
104-Year-Old Australian Scientist Commits Assisted Suicide In Switzerland
After being denied assisted suicide in his home country of Australia, David Goodall traveled to Switzerland for it. Goodall was 104 years old when he died on Thursday, May 10.
