ByEmily Caldwell, Ohio State UniversityJune 13, 2022 Recently scientists uncovered a treasure trove of new data about RNA viruses in the ocean including 5,500 new RNA virus species. Analysis suggest… [+10806 chars]
Since 2014, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has been orbiting Mars and gathering data on its upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interactions with the Sun and solar wind. … [+4966 chars]
<li>Planck Collaboration et al. Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters. Astron. Astrophys.641, A6 (2020). </li><li>Rees, M. J. & Ostriker, J. P. Cooling, dynamics and fragmentation of … [+59396 chars]
Here's an opening line pulled straight from the pages of a science fiction novel: a team of quantum physicists has finally succeeded in creating a system composed of two time crystals. In 2016, rese… [+7713 chars]
Paired jets of matter streaming away from supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies usually extend away in opposite directions along the black holes axis of spin as in the two bottom galaxy … [+4967 chars]
PARIS - The Gaia space probe unveiled its latest discoveries on Monday in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious "starquak… [+2354 chars]
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the plenary speakers of the 240th AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research. You can see a full schedule of their talks here, and read… [+7123 chars]
A new report from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) reveals how climate change is significantly impacting Antarctica's ice sheets, climate and ecosystems, with far-reaching global… [+4030 chars]
The outer skin of our planetthe critical zonestretches from treetops to the lower limits of groundwater. In this layer, interactions between rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms shape Earth's… [+2277 chars]
The sun flexed its considerable magnetic muscles today (June 13), and two solar spacecraft captured the show on video. Earth's star unleashed a long-duration solar flare early this morning, blasting… [+2252 chars]
From a zoomed out, distant view, star-forming cloud L483 appears normal. But when a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists zoomed in closer and closer, things became weirder and weirder.… [+5021 chars]
