NASA Momentarily Shuts down Mars Helicopter Ingenuity to wait for Clear Dust NASA’s Mars chopper is taking a vacation from its unprecedented operations on Mars’ surface. On Mars, it is currently winter and dust season. As a…
Betelgeuse’s Great Dimming Explained By Serendipitous Observations from Weather Satellite Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star, suffered the so-called “Great Dimming” between late 2019 and early 2020. The brilliance of the star abruptly and dramatically decreased.…
Significant Dolphin DNA Research Large research on dolphin populations in Australia discovered a need for further conservation and policy measures to sustain adaptive variety and connectedness. The first large-scale…
As It Races Against Space Weather, the Satellite Avoids Space Junk We have launched thousands of rockets and sent countless more satellites into orbit since the advent of the space age in the 1950s. Many are…
Difference between Volume and Capacity The volume of a three-dimensional figure is a measurement of the entire space filled by a solid. A three-dimensional figure is any object with length,…
High-energy Neutrinos could be produced by Black Holes Tearing Apart Stars When a star gets too close to a black hole, sparks fly. And, potentially, so do subatomic particles called neutrinos. A dramatic light show results…
Painite: Properties and Occurrences Painite is an extremely rare type of borate mineral. It was discovered in Myanmar by Arthur C.D. Pain, a British mineralogist and gem dealer, who…
UN Experts Warn that the Number of Wildfires will Increase by 50% by 2100 and that Governments are Not Prepared According to a new analysis by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal, climate change and land-use change are anticipated to increase wildfire frequency and…
Research Paves the Way for a more Precise application of CRISPR The findings of a Danish research study could pave the way for a more effective application of the revolutionary gene technology CRISPR. When it comes…
HD 164922 c – an Exoplanet HD 164922 c is an exoplanet that orbits the star HD 164922 in the constellation Hercules about 72 light-years from Earth. It is an exoplanet…
Researchers Investigate on Precision Antibacterials RNA-based antibiotics, like coronavirus vaccines, have the potential to significantly improve modern medicine. Teams of researchers have investigated the requirements that such antibiotics must meet…
Seismic Study Identifies Primary Cause of Patagonia’s Rise Amid Melting Glaciers The Andes mountain range in Chile and Argentina is home to hundreds of kilometers of icefields, which are melting at some of the planet’s fastest…