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Two NASA spacecraft detect the biggest meteor strikes on Mars
Two NASA spacecraft on Mars, one on the surface and the other in orbit, have recorded the largest meteor strikes and impact craters to date. Last year’s high-velocity dams sent rippling seismic…
Zombie Worlds: 5 Scary Planets Orbiting Dead Stars
Stars shine through the process of nuclear fusion in which lighter atoms, such as hydrogen, fuse together to create heavier ones. All stars, including the Sun, have a finite lifespan. Stars shine…
Images of NASA’s Webb Pillars of Creation offer astronomers more than just pretty pictures
This combined image provided by NASA on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 shows the Pillars of Creation … [+] as shown by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, left, and NASA’s James Webb…
Is swimming an aerobic or anaerobic exercise?
If going to the pool is your favorite way to train daily, you may have already asked yourself the question “is swimming an aerobic or anaerobic exercise?” While swimming is generally considered…
Scientists have created the first Bose-Einstein quasiparticle condensate
Bose-Einstein condensates are sometimes described as the fifth state of matter. They weren’t created in a lab until 1995. They experience the same quantum state – almost like coherent photons in a…
Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Frightening Pillars of Creation
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view of the Pillars of Creation has a spooky tone. Thousands of stars that exist in this region disappear – and seemingly endless layers of gas…
Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Frightening Pillars of Creation
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view of the Pillars of Creation has a spooky tone. Thousands of stars that exist in this region disappear – and seemingly endless layers of gas…
Light-analysis ‘lab-on-a-chip’ opens door to widespread use of handheld spectrometers
On-chip spectrometer. Credit: State of Oregon Scientists, including an Oregon State University materials scientist, have developed a better tool for measuring light, contributing to a field known as optical spectrometry in a…
‘Golden rule’ for pruning lavender before winter – what you should ‘never’ do
Lavender is an evergreen Mediterranean shrub, grown for its fragrant leaves and bee-friendly flowers. There are hardy, semi-hardy, and tender lavender species to choose from. Lavenders work in a variety of situations,…