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[ad_1] Credit: Carnegie Mellon University In order to explore the Moon or Mars, astronauts need smart habitats that will support life and remain operational when they are vacant. To advance the design of autonomous systems for space habitats, NASA is funding a multi-university space research institute called Habitats optimized for exploration missions, or more specifically … Read more

[ad_1] NASA visualization of ocean currents. Credit: NASA / SVS I've already said time and again that the Earth is the best planet in the universe. No matter where we go, we will never find a planet that is a better home for life on Earth than Earth. Of course, it's because we, and all … Read more

[ad_1] By analyzing the paleogenic carbonates found in the ancient soil of the Loess Plateau, scientists have reconstructed the Earth's carbon dioxide levels. Credit: Dr. Yige Zhang Humans have never lived with the high carbon dioxide atmospheric conditions that have become the norm on Earth over the past 60 years, according to a new study … Read more

[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 modifies the light paths from different parts of the disk, producing the distorted image. The extreme gravitational field of the black hole redirects and distorts the light coming from different … Read more

[ad_1] A comet spotted in late August is officially a interstellar object, according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The verdict means that the object, tentatively called Comet C / 2019, is now dubbed 2I / Borisov, with the prefix indicating that the comet is the second interstellar object that scientists have identified to date; … Read more

[ad_1] Hidden beneath the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea, near southwestern Italy, lies a new volcanic mosaic dotted with geothermal chimneys and flat-topped seamounts. This complex is new to science and for the planet, geologically speaking; it's only 780,000 years old. Scientists are not particularly surprised to find volcanism in the region, which is home … Read more

[ad_1] Understanding the properties and dimensions of graphene is important to understanding new ways of using the extremely fine material that can change the world. A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University in London says that graphene is both a 3D material and a 2D material. RELATED: SCIENTISTS FIND NEW QUANTUM STATES BY … Read more

[ad_1] Artist concept of NEOCam, a space telescope proposed for the hunt for potentially dangerous asteroids. Illustration: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab NASA will begin developing a space telescope to track asteroids near Earth, according to a statement from NASA's deputy administrator for science, Thomas Zurbuchen. Space News reports that the mission will be based … Read more

[ad_1] NASA is building a $ 600 million (US $ 482 million) in-orbit telescope to hunt for asteroids that could be subject to a potentially catastrophic collision with the Earth. Plans for the so-called "Near Earth Objects Monitoring Mission" have been advanced after an asteroid large enough to level a city was spotted near the … Read more