The Arctic is warming along with the rest of the planet, and as this is happening, its permafrostperennially frozen arctic soil that holds a lot of trapped organic matter from dead plantsis thawing. … [+3806 chars]
Astronomers spotted the aftermath of a massive space collision. NASA says the resulting dust cloud was big enough to block the light from its nearby star when it passed in front of it. A group of ast… [+2957 chars]
The speed of sound is not constant. It varies based on the density and temperature of the medium through which it travels. Sound travels fast when the medium is dense. Scientists recently confirmed … [+1642 chars]
Zoom/ Astra’s LV0009 takes off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, on March 15. Welcome to Rocket Report 4.36! As I took a vacation last week for spring break, there’s plenty of news to keep this week, incl… [+7591 chars]
The brine inside the frozen layer of Jupiter’s moon Europa may be transporting oxygen to the moon’s ocean beneath the ice that covers it. This hypothesis has been proposed before, but in a new study … [+3156 chars]
Newswise — Irvine, Calif., March 24, 2022 — The Arctic is warming along with the rest of the planet, and as this is happening, its permafrost – perennially frozen arctic soil that holds a lot of trap… [+5244 chars]
Scientists may have finally solved the mysterious origins of the diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu: It may be the remnants of a long-dead comet. The new origin theory , taken from findings from Japan's… [+3039 chars]
China is considering adding a mission to Venus to its plans for planetary exploration, according to a senior Chinese space official. The country launched its first interplanetary mission, Tianwen 1 … [+1901 chars]
Young children are not just cheeky monkeys it turns out they actually laugh like chimpanzees, too. That's because both babies and chimps chuckle while inhaling and exhaling, unlike adult humans who … [+3545 chars]
Hubble has photographed a massive spiral galaxy that lies about 60 million light-years from Earth. Despite its size, it’s far from the largest celestial object known to astronomers. The photo was c… [+2376 chars]
The way electrons flow in materials determine its electronic properties. For example, when a voltage is sustained across a conducting material, electrons start flowing, generating an electrical curre… [+4705 chars]
The development of quantum computers is being pursued worldwide, and there are various concepts of how computing using the properties of the quantum world can be implemented. Many of these have alrea… [+3373 chars]
