[ad_1] Billions of years ago, rain once fell on the Martian plain, and not always gently. New research into the now empty lakes of the Red Planet suggests that an enormous amount of liquid water must have escaped the sky around 3.5 to 4 billion years ago, enough to carve channels into shape. river and … Read more
[ad_1] New research from the University of Texas at Austin has used dry Martian lake beds to determine how much precipitation was on the planet billions of years ago. Credit: Gaia Stucky de Quay New study from the University of Texas at Austin helps scientists reconstruct the ancient climate of March by revealing how much … Read more
[ad_1] This is the very first photo of a living Somali sengi for scientific documentation. Steven Heritage / Duke University Lemur Center The scientific community knew that Somali elephant sengi shrews once roamed parts of Africa. There were examples – some collected hundreds of years ago – in museum collections. It’s just that no scientist … Read more
[ad_1] A small rainbow-colored meteorite discovered in Costa Rica last year could harbor the building blocks of life. The cosmic rock was once connected to a washing machine-sized asteroid that fell to Earth on April 23, 2019, dispersing into two villages – La Palmera and Aguas Zarcas. The asteroid was a remnant of the early … Read more
[ad_1] The lens can be used to produce high resolution images with a wide field of view. It can serve as a camera lens in smartphones and can be used in other devices that depend on sensors (high resolution wide angle selfie obtained using metalens. Credit: Augusto Martins / USP A lens a thousand times … Read more
[ad_1] In this still image, viewers should see the circles spinning in different directions. The effect is especially pronounced when the viewer’s eyes move or blink. Credit: Illusion credit to A. Kitaoka; illustrated by R. Tanaka The reason why people perceive movement in certain static images has mystified not only those who see these optical … Read more
[ad_1] NROL-44 is the first of the last five missions to be flown by Delta 4 Heavy by 2024 Story updated August 24 with a new launch date WASHINGTON – A Delta 4 Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on August 27 from Cape Canaveral Air Force … Read more
[ad_1] A global team led by scientists from IUCAA has achieved the major breakthrough. (Representative) Pune: AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite, detected extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy 9.3 billion light-years from Earth, the Interuniversity Center for Astronomy said on Monday. and astrophysics (IUCAA). A statement from the Pune-based Interuniversity Center for Astronomy and … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket has secured two more launch contracts, this time with longtime customer and prolific satellite communications provider SES. In 2016, SES acquired the satellite operator and communications provider O3B Networks, inheriting a network of 12 O3B satellites that it would later transform into a full constellation of 20 satellites. Built … Read more
[ad_1] This site can earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Paleontologists have made a unique discovery: a 5-meter Triassic ichthyosaur with a 4-meter Triassic thalattosaurus stuck in the esophagus. Obviously, the former literally bit more than he could chew and choked on it. One of the challenges of studying … Read more