Science

[ad_1] People living in coastal communities or navigating dangerous waters will both benefit from data from the new Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite mission. The satellite is scheduled to launch Saturday, November 21 at 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. local time and 5:17 p.m. GMT) Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif., … Read more

[ad_1] (A) “Portrait of a Bearded Man” (Walters Art Museum # 32.6), dated c. 170-180 CE from Imperial Roman Egypt; (B) The portrait under ultraviolet light. The purple clavi on the shoulders appears pink-orange, indicated by an arrow. Credit: The Walters Art Museum. How much information can you get from a grain of purple pigment, … Read more

[ad_1] Mars was once home to seas and oceans, and perhaps even life. But our neighboring world has long since dried up and its atmosphere has been washed away, while most of the activity beneath its surface has long since ceased. It’s a dead planet. Where is it? Previous research has hinted at volcanic eruptions … Read more

[ad_1] The clouds that hang low and thick in our skies, reflecting sunlight back into space, merge into the air as the world warms. The loss will not only trigger larger-than-expected climate change, but new research suggests it could also undermine the potential of future geoengineering solutions. The idea of ​​seeding clouds with an injection … Read more

[ad_1] This image shows the Milky Way seen from Earth. The reddish rings highlight where Heracles’ stars linger in our galaxy. Danny Horta-Darrington (John Moores University, Liverpool), ESA / Gaia and SDSS Our own Milky Way galaxy had a dramatic childhood. Astronomers have unveiled a new chapter in his memoir with the discovery of a … Read more

[ad_1] A stack of 60 Starlink satellites seen in space after a launch. SpaceX Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have become “centibillionaires” through their successful business ventures in largely independent industries here on Earth. But now, they are quietly competing outside of Earth’s atmosphere for space territory to deploy their respective giant satellite constellations, known … Read more

[ad_1] One of the most horrific elements of the devastating August 4 explosion in Beirut, which left more than 200 dead and more than 6,500 injured, is that it could have been easily avoided. Using videos of the event shared on social media, forensic scientists were able to piece together exactly what happened, including the … Read more

[ad_1] The reflector dish of the Arecibo Observatory was damaged by a broken cable. University of Central Florida It is a sad day for the world of astronomy. Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, home to an epic telescopic antenna, says goodbye. The observatory suffered serious structural damage when a cable broke in August, and the situation … Read more