[ad_1] If you thought the internet was panicking over Annabelle escaping from her occult museum (he didn’t), wait until you know her reaction to Galactus en route. Social networks have exploded under the cries of “Galactus!” – the Marvel Comics villain who consumes the planet – on Monday, when news of a heartbeat was detected … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX and NASA are set to send their next team of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and October 23 has been set as the first launch date. The mission, named Crew-1, was originally scheduled for late September. “Crew-1 will be launched in late October to accommodate spacecraft traffic for the next Soyuz … Read more
[ad_1] A slingshot spider is ready to launch its cone-shaped web at a flying insect. To do this, the spider will drop a bundle of silk, allowing the tension line to break free and catapult both the spider and the web. Credit: Lawrence E. Reeves Encountering an invisible spider web in the woods can be … Read more
[ad_1] Lidar shooting in the Antarctic night sky, Arrival Heights Observatory. Credit: Danny Hampton, Ian Geraghty, Zimu Li A team led by CIRES has discovered a critical link between winds at Earth’s equator and atmospheric waves 6,000 miles to the South Pole. The team found, for the first time, evidence of a quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) … Read more
[ad_1] Just ten years ago, scientists discovered a bizarre new state of matter in which atoms organize themselves in a repeating pattern, similar to what you would find in a metallic crystal or a rock. But rather than just being arranged in a pattern in space, these atoms were also in constant motion over time. … Read more
[ad_1] The cross section of a fiber produced at Rice University contains tens of millions of carbon nanotubes. The lab is continually improving its method of making fibers, which tests now show are stronger than Kevlar. Credit: Pasquali Research Group Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and gradually increase … Read more
[ad_1] It shouldn’t happen anytime soon, but a scientist has calculated the end of the universe. The research, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, notes that over the “next trillion years,” when the universe is dead as we know it, the stars will continue to explode, not with a giant bang, … Read more
[ad_1] Two objects, a cosmic cloud of gas and a supermassive black hole, are simultaneously separated by 100 light years and united by something spectacular – a distinct heartbeat. An international team of researchers has detected what they describe as a “ gamma heartbeat ” from a cloud of cosmic gas that happens to be … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: Unsplash / CC0 Public Domain In a further step towards skyscrapers that serve as energy sources, a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan has set a new efficiency record for transparent, neutral-colored solar cells. The team achieved 8.1% efficiency and 43.3% transparency with an organic or carbon-based design rather than … Read more
[ad_1] A car-sized asteroid flew about 1,830 miles from Earth this weekend – closer than any known space rock has ever crashed onto the planet. A NASA-funded program detected the asteroid, called 2020 HQ, six hours after it approached shutdown. If the asteroid had struck Earth, it likely would have exploded in the atmosphere in … Read more