Physicists have discovered a strange new form of quantum behavior in which particles organize themselves in ways that defy established theories. Even more surprising is that the particles maintain a remarkable hidden order despite being driven to an extremely energetic state. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers from the group led by … Read more
Astronomers have discovered the first “zombie” white dwarf star with a “ghostly green glow” that they say it got by eating the rocky remains of dead planets. “It sounds like something out of science fiction,” said astrophysicist Mark Hollands, whose team at the University of Warwick announced their findings last week. Zombie WD J1330+6435 is … Read more
Japan’s mission to Mars is one of the most ambitious in spaceflight history. It aims to become the first spacecraft to return to Earth from Mars orbit, carrying with it the first-ever samples from the Red Planet system.The mission, known as Martian Moons eXploration (MMX), is a first-of-its-kind endeavor to study the origin of Mars’ … Read more
This animated orbital map shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken from the time of landing until October 11, the day it broke the off-world driving record. TAKEAWAY NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover broke a world record on October 11. The rover traveled the longest distance on another world than any other vehicle. The … Read more
On October 18, 1963, a cat went into space! Félicette was a French “catstronaut” who became the first and only feline to fly into space. While the United States and the Soviet Union were busy launching primates, dogs and humans, the French decided to join the space race by launching a cat. Félicette, a stray … Read more
Our early Earth was the cover of a heavy metal album: a molten ball covered in an ocean of global lava, spewing deadly gases as it was hurled by the flaming space rocks of our Solar System’s violently chaotic placenta. Over the next 4.5 billion years of hectic cosmogeological time, it has calmed down somewhat, … Read more
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Japan will launch a spacecraft on the world’s first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of two small potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars. Scientists hope the mission, which is expected to last five years, will provide clues about how Phobos and its younger brother Deimos formed and hopefully even shed light on the origins … Read more
1/3 Swipe or click to see more 2/3 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY OF USGS Lava fountains returned to Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii Island today for the first time since August 25. 3/3 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY USGS Lava fountains returned to Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii Island today for the … Read more