Anthropogenic climate change is creating a vicious circle where rising temperatures are causing glaciers to melt…
Pod Corner: The Other Moonshot
An excerpt from “The Other Moonshot,” a podcast from LAist Studios and Reasonable Volume. Source link
Impulsive X2.0 solar flare erupts from the Sun’s northwest limb
This is the fourth and the strongest solar flare so far this year, following X1.2 on…
New Study Proposes that Cosmic Radiation Altered Virus Evolution in Africa
Astronomers have known for some time that nearby supernovae have had a profound effect on Earth’s…
InSight reveals marsquakes travel through mantle, not crust
Researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and Imperial College London confirmed that seismic waves…
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
A private company is aiming to heave a microwave oven-size spacecraft toward an asteroid later this…
Falcon-9 debris lights up European skies before crashing into Poland
The second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket from the Starlink Group 11-4 mission failed to…
Sampling Enceladus’ Subsurface Ocean with TIGRE Mission Concept
How can we explore Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, to include its surface and subsurface ocean, with the…
How Astronomers Make Deep Maps of the Milky Way
Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it’s so…
NASA Downgrades the Risk of 2024 YR4 to Below 1%
NASA astronomers have been continuing to monitor the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4. The initial calculations…