Achieving a fusion power plant requires plasma confinement of more than 100 million degrees Celsius in a magnetic field. Plus, it should maintain this state for a long. Using measuring instruments d… [+3008 chars]
Ancient lunar volcanoes were previously thought of as almost non-existent when it comes to Earth's moon. Being our planet's natural satellite, the Moon has provided us not only with reflective light… [+3825 chars]
Utilizing tools for purposes they werent initially intended for is a strength of the astronomical community. Scrounging through data collected for one purpose and looking for hints of another seems t… [+3958 chars]
ByAdam Voiland, NASA Earth ObservatoryMay 28, 2022 Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali photographed from the International Space Station. April 6, 2022. Click the image for wider, high-resolution view.… [+2921 chars]
For hundreds of millions of years, Earths climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Over the past century, humans have pushed CO l… [+7013 chars]
ByMcGill UniversityMay 28, 2022 Researchers can now accurately predict the diets of remote killer whale populations using their blubber fatty acids. Credit: Dr. Rune Dietz from Aarhus University Un… [+1830 chars]
A study on the Super-Earth titled "A Super-Earth Orbiting Near the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone around the M4.5-dwarf Ross 508" has been accepted for publication in the journal Publications of th… [+1461 chars]
Scientists recently discovered something about male mice that's utterly bananas: The distinctive scent of a banana stresses them out. Researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, learned … [+3449 chars]
Scientists recently discovered something about male mice that's utterly bananas: The distinctive scent of a banana stresses them out. Researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, learned … [+3449 chars]
Recent evidence suggests that Europas icy shell may have pockets of liquid water: Because its closer to the surface, where you get interesting chemicals from space, other moons, and the volcanoes of… [+4313 chars]
These massive plasma clouds may disrupt electrical systems and satellites, but they can also produce spectacular aurora displays. CMEs Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are enormous plasma and magnetic… [+5985 chars]
NASA first shared what Mars sounds like last year, using microphones placed on the Perseverance rover. Since then, though, scientists have been studying the recordings, and have even created a playli… [+2834 chars]
