AvatarKaronAvatarAvatar1 day agoPolar vortex is 'spinning backwards' above Arctic after major reversal eventLive Science - By Harry BakerEarlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is …
AvatarKaronFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe universe is significantly older than scientists previously thoughtthebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitIn a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has presented data that directly challenges our current understanding of the …
AvatarKaronAvatarAvatarGiant Volcano the Size of Mount Everest Is Discovered on Marsverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sarah CurrierAccording to recent findings, there is a huge volcano the size of Mount Everest on the surface of Mars with a thick layer of glacial ice at its base. It is located near the Martian equator, in the rocky terrain of the Tharsis volcanic province. As its name might suggest, the area is rife with …
AvatarKaronAvatarAvatarJames Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universeLive Science - By Ben TurnerDepending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have …
AvatarKaronFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThis bizarre quantum theory could finally explain how our Universe begansciencefocus.com - Prof Stephon AlexanderWelcome to the weird and wonderful world of the 'inflation field'. In the grand tapestry of the cosmos, there exists a hidden language. It's a …
AvatarKaronAvatarAvatarTwo toppled moon landers go dormant for a lunar night they may not surviveverified_publisherEngadget - Cheyenne MacDonaldJapan's SLIM spacecraft and Intuitive Machines' Odysseus sent their last transmissions home before the two-week-long night. Lunar night has come around again, presenting yet another test for the two landers that recently arrived on the moon’s surface. Both Japan’s SLIM spacecraft and Intuitive …
AvatarKaronExplore the Surface of Mars in 4K Resolution With Footage Captured by NASA’s Roversverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Regina SienraSpace enthusiasts have long dreamed of exploring Mars. Today, we may be closer than ever to this dream coming true. One of the main goals of NASA's Artemis mission is to establish a permanent base on the Moon that will facilitate human missions to the Red Planet. With a little luck, this may happen …
AvatarKaronAvatarAvatarFinal images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopterverified_publisherArs Technica - Eric BergerThis new data should help us understand Ingenuity's final moments on Mars. It has now been several weeks since NASA's tenacious helicopter on Mars, …
AvatarKaronFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIs there anything beyond the universe?space.com - By Paul SutterThis one's a real head-scratcher. Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space …
AvatarKaronAvatarAvatarPrivate lunar lander sends back first pics from its moon landingNBC News - By Denise ChowThe Odysseus lander, built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, touched down and tipped over but continues to operate. A privately built spacecraft on the moon has beamed back new photos from the lunar surface, showing the vehicle’s much-celebrated descent and the moments immediately after touchdown …
AvatarKaronAvatarAvatarApollo 17: Looking back at the last time the US landed on the moonverified_publisherPopular Science - Annie ColbertThe 1972 lunar landing concluded a pioneering time for moon exploration. In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P. Armagnac described Apollo 17 as “the most exciting geological field trip in history.” The lunar landing concluded NASA’s groundbreaking Apollo program and ended up …
AvatarKaronFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoJames Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way, and it's threatening to upend cosmologyspace.com - By Ben TurnerAstronomers believe the first galaxies formed around giant halos of dark matter. But a newly discovered galaxy dating to roughly 13 billion years ago …