Superheated, acidic water surrounds an underwater volcano dubbed "sharkcano" in fresh imagery from the Landsat 9 satellite. Discolored water is visible from space in the zone around Kavachi Volcano … [+2207 chars]
In the cosmic equivalent of a total knock-out punch, two galaxies collided some eight billion years ago and kicked the gas out of each other. Thats the latest explanation for a cosmic mystery thats … [+8608 chars]
SpaceX chief Elon Musk has shared a remarkable image (below) that highlights the true scale of SpaceXs workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The photo shows a Falcon 9 booster shortly after it landed at Cape Ca… [+2065 chars]
When one mulls the possibility of detecting pulsars, to the degree that one does, thoughts turn to large dish antennas and rack upon rack of sensitive receivers, filters, and digital signal processor… [+1529 chars]
Some 20,000 years ago in a cave in a cliff wall in the Grand Canyon, two American cheetahs battled tooth against claw. The victor is lost to history, but one of the big cats, a juvenile that was bitt… [+5241 chars]
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida further solidified their plans to send a Japanese astronaut to the upcoming lunar space station, while also affirming the possibility of … [+2266 chars]
An enormous asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building is headed toward Earth — and you can watch live as it whooshes harmlessly through the night sky. The asteroid, dubbed 7335 (19… [+2825 chars]
Researchers in Argentina have discovered the largest flying reptiles uncovered on the continent so far, and dubbed the monster the “Dragon of Death.” Two of the monsters were found in the Plottier F… [+1785 chars]
The tiny floating organisms that supply our world with as much as a fifth of its oxygen will be in dire straights as our oceans acidify, new research suggests. The creatures, called diatoms, will be… [+4199 chars]
Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes ATLANTA Fearsome predators like T. rex and towering, telescope-necked dinosaurs, such as brachiosaurus, were warm-blooded creatures in the same way birds and mammals… [+5088 chars]
38 with 32 posters participating Dave Hebert, Caleb Henry, Therese Jones, and Eric Berger at Ars Frontiers 2022 on the growing problem of orbital debris. Click here for transcript. One of the great… [+4047 chars]
Update: After a slight eight-minute delay, SpaceX has successfully launched its fifth dedicated ‘Transporter’ rideshare mission, carrying 59 different spacecraft into a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). … [+6528 chars]
