FALMOUTH, MA — May 30, 2022 — A new study, The Global Potential for Increased Storage of Carbon on Land , published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides a series… [+5856 chars]
Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet in the solar system. Jupiter is eleven Earths across with a diameter of 88,846 miles (142,983 kilometers). By volume, Jupiter reveals itself as the true… [+24231 chars]
A tiny group of stars has shed light on the existence of a Super-Earth exoplanet that also has the potential of being quite habitable. Gabriel Perez Diaz, SMM/IAC Reported first by ScienceAlert, th… [+1802 chars]
This guest post was written by Danny Baker, an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut, for an assignment in the Fall 2021 Foundations of Modern Astrophysics class taught by Professor … [+8497 chars]
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By analyzing data from ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft and NASA's TESS telescope, German astronomers have inspected a highly variable polar known as V496 UMa. Results of the study, published May 20 on ar… [+3449 chars]
A meteor shower is expected to light up the skies in various parts of the United States and some other countries on the intervening night of May 30 and 31, astronomers have predicted.According to Spa… [+2893 chars]
An artist's rendering of the gas bubbles being blown in NASA's Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) (opens in new tab)While it might be a comfortabl… [+3179 chars]
DNA fingerprints left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of these endangered animals, a key step forward in their conservation. A st… [+6411 chars]
Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna). New research shows that hummingbirds would struggle to cope if climate changes drives them to much higher elevations. Any animal ascending a mountain experiences a … [+4336 chars]
