Record of travel around the southern continent

[ad_1] In March 2018, the Oyster 72 Katharsis II became the first yacht to sail around Antarctica below 62 ° S. Skipper Mariusz Koper tells of this extraordinary expedition Many think that number seven is lucky. The seventh day of February happened to be exactly that. It's been seven weeks since we dropped the lines … Read more

NASA claims that the planet Venus could have been inhabited billions of years ago, with a favorable climate for water

[ad_1] A spectacular recent discovery points to life on another planet in our solar system. NASA scientists have presented a study according to which Venus could have been a habitable planet two or three billion years ago with a climate conducive to water. Computer simulations show that Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system, … Read more

The mass of a black hole

[ad_1] Weigh a black hole Credit: @ tsarcyanide / MIPT There is no scale to weigh black holes. However, astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have come up with a new way to indirectly measure the mass of a black hole, while confirming its existence. They tested the new method, reported in … Read more

A Yellowstone volcano: "It could be devastating for society," says a USGS scientist | Science | New

[ad_1] The Yellowstone Supervolcan rests in the northwestern corner of the United States, where it has erupted three times in the past. The three caldera formation eruptions shaped the landscape around Yellowstone and covered the land with volcanic debris, ashes and smoke. The last Yellowstone eruption took place about 640,000 years ago, forming the current … Read more

NASA's visualization shows the deformed world of a black hole

[ad_1] Seen almost to the limit, the turbulent gas disk around a black hole takes a double madness. The extreme gravity of the black hole alters the light paths coming from different parts of the disk, thus producing the distorted image. The extreme gravitational field of the black hole redirects and distorts the light coming … Read more