What if you put an Earth-sized planet in a close orbit around an M dwarf star? This is more than an academic question, since M dwarfs are the most numerous stars we…
Category: Science
Shedding Light on Ocean Dark Matter: Marine Bacteria Absorb Carbon Dioxide Through Photosynthesis
Knowing whether or not marine microbes participate in photosynthesis – the use of sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into energy – could help scientists find out if ocean bacteria play…
An extinct human species leaves its genetic heritage
Swedish paleogeneticist and winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine Svante Paabo poses for a photo before a press conference, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, October…
Amazing Animal Colors Mean Different Things, But We Just Found a Pattern
As dazzling as it often looks, fashion in the animal kingdom can be horribly repetitive. There are only a limited number of color models that scream “look at me” amid the grays…
After the summer trip, the NASA explorer arrives in the mineral-rich zone of Mars
US space agency NASA says its Curiosity vehicle has reached its next exploration target on Mars. The explorer, or rover, has reached an area NASA scientists call Mount Sharp. The area is…
A black hole fires a stream of matter at its neighboring galaxy
It was a record period for black hole research! In recent months, astrophysicists have announced the discovery of the strongest gamma-ray burst on record (due to the formation of a black hole),…
Nanaimo Astronomy Club Guest Speaker to Explain How Exoplanet Images Emerge from Sunspot Fan – Nanaimo News Bulletin
It may not be impossible to find a particular grain of rice in a paddy field – if you have the right tools. Garmina Singh, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Research…
Antarctica’s ice shelves could be melting even faster than we thought
Before developing this model, the research team traveled to Antarctica to make measurements of the temperature and salinity of water and ice. Their new model shows that an oft-overlooked narrow ocean current…
High-tech quantum sensors: navigating when the GPS goes out
Quantum inertial sensors could serve as revolutionary on-board navigational aids if they can be redesigned into compact and rugged devices. When GPS signals are blocked or lost, they can guide vehicles safely….
Supernova alert! Now astronomers have a warning system when stars explode!
In Oversight, humanity tries to recover from a narrowly won war against an alien species. We survived, but the planet is destroyed and the only hope – at least according to the…