Astronomy

NASA’s SWOT Satellite provides remarkably detailed images of the Kamchatka Megaquake Tsunami

NASA’s SWOT Satellite provides remarkably detailed images of the Kamchatka Megaquake Tsunami

When a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, NASA and CNES’s SWOT satellite captured a rare and detailed picture of the tsunami…
Black Holes could Operate as Natural Supercolliders and Assist discover Dark Matter

Black Holes could Operate as Natural Supercolliders and Assist discover Dark Matter

Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that…
Scientists Find New Proof of Intermediate-mass Black Holes

Scientists Find New Proof of Intermediate-mass Black Holes

A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black holes. In the world of black holes, there are generally three…
Climate Change and Big Eruption Timing are linked by Earth’s Orbital Patterns

Climate Change and Big Eruption Timing are linked by Earth’s Orbital Patterns

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last…
The Probability of Something coming from Mars

The Probability of Something coming from Mars

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples…
Extraordinary Supersonic Winds Observed on Planets beyond Our Solar System

Extraordinary Supersonic Winds Observed on Planets beyond Our Solar System

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the…
Researchers Identify the Source of a Rapid Radio Explosion

Researchers Identify the Source of a Rapid Radio Explosion

Fast radio bursts are brief and brilliant explosions of radio waves emitted by extremely compact objects such as neutron stars and possibly black holes. These…
The Event Horizon Telescope is approaching a close-up of a Black Hole and its Jets

The Event Horizon Telescope is approaching a close-up of a Black Hole and its Jets

After taking the first images of black holes, the ground-breaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is poised to reveal how black holes launch powerful jets into…
Superflares Occur Once a Century

Superflares Occur Once a Century

Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star. Such superflares release more energy…
In the Main Belt, Astronomers Discover the Tiniest Asteroids ever Discovered

In the Main Belt, Astronomers Discover the Tiniest Asteroids ever Discovered

The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That’s about as wide as Brooklyn. Such a massive impactor…
Scientists are getting closer to understanding how the Universe’s Massive Galaxies came to be

Scientists are getting closer to understanding how the Universe’s Massive Galaxies came to be

Astronomers say they are close to solving an intergalactic mystery about the creation of the universe’s biggest galaxies which has puzzled experts for decades. Scientists…
Anthropologists Advocate for Tracking and Preserving Human relics on Mars

Anthropologists Advocate for Tracking and Preserving Human relics on Mars

Are human spacecraft, landers, rovers and other space-exploration debris little more than trash littering the surface of Mars, or the modern equivalent of Clovis points…
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