This satellite image distributed by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a methane plume at least 4.8 kilometers long originating from a major landfill south of Tehran, Iran. NASA scientists, using a tool designed to study…
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A ‘potentially dangerous’ skyscraper-sized asteroid will cross Earth’s orbit on Halloween
NASA says a newly discovered “potentially dangerous” asteroid the size of the world’s tallest skyscraper is set to pass Earth just in time for Halloween. The asteroid, called 2022 RM4, has an…
How do we know when blood oxygen is too low?
How do we know when blood oxygen is too low? Blood oxygen levels should ideally be maintained within a specific range. That’s because oxygen-infused blood keeps everything from your brain functioning to…
The Perseverance rover collects rock samples from Mars to bring them back to Earth
Hidden in the minerals and textures that make up rocks are clues to how and when they formed and were later changed. These changes can occur due to the presence of water-rich…
Hyperbolic propagation: Columbia physicists see light waves moving through metal
Conduction of light in a metal: waveguides are observed in a semi-metal known as ZrSiSe. Credit: Nicoletta Barolini, Columbia University New research finds evidence of waveguiding in unique quantum material. These results…
Ancient bacteria “sleep” under the surface of Mars
The bacteria could probably survive for 280 million years if they were buried and protected from the ionizing radiation and solar particles that bombard the Martian surface. Credit: public domain Ancient bacteria…
‘Brightest Gamma-ray Burst of All Time’ Has Scientists Across the Globe Excited
The brightest gamma-ray burst on record is forcing scientists around the world to scramble to collect and analyze data from what’s been called a “once in a lifetime” event. The burst, known…
Another Reason Red Dwarfs Could Be Bad For Life: No Asteroid Belts
In a recent study accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) investigated the potential for life on exoplanets orbiting M dwarf…
NASA’s Curiosity rover finally reaches ‘long-sought’ region
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered a mineral-rich area of Mount Sharp years before the Curiosity rover landed in 2010. Since then, scientists have eagerly awaited further examination of the terrain. According to…
Another version of Webb’s Pillars of Creation
Hits continue to return to Earth from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This time, arriving to help celebrate Halloween, data from the MIRI mid-infrared instrument aboard the JWST shows another view…