Climate Crisis Is Aging Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Climatic conditions are changing at an unprecedented rate, affecting mainly fish, amphibians and reptiles, ectothermic animals that are unable to generate their own internal heat….
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Dark Matter Surplus Captured by Hubble
Resting on the tail of the Great Bear in the constellation of Ursa Major, lies NGC 5585, a spiral galaxy that is more than it…
Exotic Particles: Why There Is No Speed Limit in the Superfluid Universe
Physicists from Lancaster University have established why objects moving through superfluid helium-3 lack a speed limit in a continuation of earlier Lancaster research. Helium-3 is…
Popular Messenger Services – Such As WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram – Are Extremely Insecure
WhatsApp, Signal & Co: Billions of users vulnerable to privacy attacks. Researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Würzburg show that…
Popular Theory About the Early Solar System Called Into Doubt by Meteorite Evidence
It is generally accepted that the inner region of the early solar system was subject to an intense period of meteoric bombardment referred to as…
MIT Engineers Completely Flat Fisheye Lens: “This Isn’t Just Light-Bending — It’s Mind-Bending.”
The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images. To capture panoramic views in a single shot, photographers typically use fisheye lenses — ultra-wide-angle lenses…
A Drug Used to Treat Deadly Coronavirus Infections in Cats May Be an Effective Treatment Against COVID-19
University of Alberta researchers worked with SLAC X-ray scientists to explore the potential of a feline coronavirus drug that may be effective against SARS-CoV-2. Researchers…
What Is Phosphine and Why Does It Point to Extra-Terrestrial Life Floating in the Clouds of Venus?
An international team of astronomers recently announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas…
Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun. Experts From NASA and NOAA Explain What It Means
Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed their analysis…
Ancient Human Civilization May Have Been Controlled by Dust
When early humans began to travel out of Africa and spread into Eurasia over a hundred thousand years ago, a fertile region around the eastern…
Infrared Eyes on Enceladus: Hints of Fresh Ice in Northern Hemisphere of Saturn’s Moon
Scientists used data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during 13 years of exploring the Saturn system to make detailed images of the icy moon —…
“Out of the Blue” – Evidence That Sea Ice Triggered the Little Ice Age
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NASA Technology Enables Precision Landing and Hazard-Avoidance Without a Pilot
Some of the most interesting places to study in our solar system are found in the most inhospitable environments – but landing on any planetary…
What Happens Between the Sheets? Extremely-Promising Superconductor Surprises Everyone
‘Floating’ Graphene on a Bed of Calcium Atoms Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go? Adding calcium to…
First Possible “Survivor” Planet Discovered by NASA Next to a Stellar Cinder
The violent events leading up to the death of a star would likely drive away any planets. The newly discovered Jupiter-size object may have arrived…
How NASA & Scientists Around the World Track the Solar Cycle
Understanding the Sun’s behavior is an important part of life in our solar system. Scientists use several indicators to track solar cycle progress. Credit: NASA’s…
Physicists Break 150-Year-Old Rule for Phase Behavior – Something Many Considered Impossible
Eindhoven University of Technology researchers found five different phases in mixtures of two substances. Frozen water can take on up to three forms at the…
Massive Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Completed: What Astronomers Found in Search of 10 Million Star Systems for Alien Technology
A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky…
