On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able… [+7458 chars]
For the first time, physicists have confirmed a weird quantum phenomenon in which tiny particles, when nudged out of place, will snap right back to where they came from. The strange behavior, called… [+6880 chars]
Our solar system was shaped by massive collisions between rocky bodies. Observations of a similar accident provide information about how common such crashes occur near other stars. This illustration… [+4876 chars]
It was a good week for physics research as work by two teams of theorists working independently may have solved Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox. The first demonstrated that black holes are more … [+2340 chars]
The US-based space agency NASA has shared new images of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa which are beamed back by Juno spacecraft. The space agency informed that the stunning view of Jupiter's souther… [+2015 chars]
An experiment called Cislunar Highway Patrol System would operate beyond geosynchronous orbit, in the region near the moon WASHINGTON The Air Force Research Laboratory is asking companies to submit … [+1797 chars]
The field of extrasolar planet studies is undergoing a seismic shift. To date, 4,940 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,711 planetary systems, with another 8,709 candidates awaiting confirmation. Wi… [+8496 chars]
Scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new tool that could lead to more efficient and cheaper technologies for capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and conve… [+4262 chars]
A Tyrannosaurus rex chick shivers in the cold aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The asteroid caused sulfur aerosols to enter the atmosphere, which led to global cooling. (Image c… [+4938 chars]
Although late detection of asteroids can prove suicidal for Earth, it seems to have been lucky this time. Well, we are not kidding. Recently, an asteroid, which was around the size of a refrigerat… [+1416 chars]
It’s called HiRISE, or High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, and it’s the camera installed on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a NASA satellite orbiting Mars. Recently, this probe approached D… [+1244 chars]
Scout constantly looks at data posted by the Minor Planet Center, a clearinghouse in Cambridge, Mass., that notes the discoveries and positions of small space objects. Then the software tries to figu… [+1692 chars]
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