Hidden Pockets of Water Could Be Common on the Surface of the Moon
Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than…
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Scientists Peer Inside an Asteroid – Is Bennu in the Process of Spinning Itself Into Pieces?
New findings from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that the interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker and less dense than its outer layers—like a…
Remnants of Ancient Parasites Could Be Shaping Our Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus
Why are some people more resilient to viruses than others? The answer has eluded scientists for centuries and, in the age of COVID-19, has come…
Ventilation and Air Filtration: How to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus Indoors
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to…
Extremely Powerful Cosmic “Dark Matter Detector” Probed by Astrophysicist
A University of Colorado at Boulder astrophysicist is searching the light coming from a distant, and extremely powerful celestial object, for what may be the…
Where No Spacecraft Has Gone Before: A Close Encounter With Mysterious Binary Asteroids
CU Boulder and Lockheed Martin will lead a new space mission to capture the first-ever closeup look at a mysterious class of solar system objects:…
“Out of the Blue” – Evidence That Sea Ice Triggered the Little Ice Age
Sea ice can act as an agent of climate change on a variety of timescales and spatial scales—it’s not just a passive responder to change….
Particles As Big as Softballs Ejected From Asteroid Bennu Seem to Do the Impossible – Now Astrophysicists Know Why
In January 2019, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting the asteroid Bennu when the spacecraft’s cameras caught something unexpected: Thousands of tiny bits of material, some just…
Pioneering a New Solution to a Lunar Problem: A Dustbuster for the Moon
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not…
Astronomers Mystified by Eerie Phenomenon on Mars: Ultraviolet “Nightglow” Spreads Across the Planet’s Sky Every Night
Every night on Mars, when the sun sets and temperatures fall to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit and below, an eerie phenomenon spreads across much of…
Equatorial Winds Ripple Down to Antarctica, Revealing New Connections in Global Circulation
A University of Colorado Boulder-led team is the first to observe new equatorial wind patterns in Antarctica, revealing new connections in global circulation. A CIRES-led…
Canadian Ice Caps Completely Disappear, Confirming Scientific Prediction
The St. Patrick Bay ice caps in Canada have completely disappeared. The St. Patrick Bay ice caps on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island…
Marijuana Concentrates Boost THC Levels but Not Impairment – Mobile Lab Offers First Glimpse of Real-World Use
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn’t necessarily get you higher,…
Elusive New Liquid Phase Found by Scientists After a Century of Searching
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years…
Promising Advances to Lower Cost and Durable Smart Window Technology
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective…
Researchers Dig Into Case of Geologic Amnesia – In Search of a Billion Years Missing From the Geologic Record
A team of geologists led by CU Boulder is digging into what may be Earth’s most famous case of geologic amnesia. Researchers have spotted that phenomenon,…
Orbital Use Fees Proposed As the Most Effective Way to Solve the Space Junk Problem
Internationally agreed upon fees to put satellites in orbit could boost value of the space industry. Space is getting crowded. Aging satellites and space debris…
How Climate Killed Corals, Devastating the Great Barrier Reef
Multiple factors joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016. A squad of climate-related factors is responsible for the massive Australian coral bleaching…