Iapetus is one of the many unique moons of Saturn. Sometimes called the yin and yang of Saturn, Iapetus was discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1671. Cassini had noticed that he could only see one side… [+3097 chars]
In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter. Scientists ar… [+4525 chars]
Predicting a volcanic eruption could come down to studying the lava inside the mountain. More precisely, the sounds coming from that lava that could indicate when a volcano is ready to blow. What Yo… [+3113 chars]
The options are many when it comes to wall cladding. Civiconcepts, a civil engineering educational resources gallery, says some of the most common materials for wall cladding are stone, vinyl, brick,… [+1041 chars]
Mushroom-Inspired Ring Breaks World Record for Most Diamonds By setting 24,679 diamonds into one ring, Kerala, India-based jewelry company SWA Diamonds broke the world record for most diamonds in a … [+7289 chars]
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This luminescent image features multiple galaxies, perhaps most noticeably LEDA 58109, the lone galaxy in the upper right. LEDA 58109 is flanked by two further galactic objects to its lower lefta gal… [+1671 chars]
Recent work on how minerals form may help determine which planets are more likely to be habitable or inhabited. One-third of minerals chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered are created direct… [+4058 chars]
In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and Japan modeled the complete process of colliding a black hole with a neutron star. They estimated the en… [+2798 chars]
<li>Stocker, T. F. et al.Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (eds T.F. Sto… [+15673 chars]
The Moon is full of craters everywhere. Same is the case with Earth, but the craters caused by asteroid impacts have been worn away by the wind, rain and other natural phenomena. However, there is a … [+1848 chars]
On 15 January, Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted under the sea, rocking the South Pacific nation and sending tsunamis racing around the world. The eruption was the most powerful ever … [+2244 chars]
