[ad_1] The image shows the optical generation of trions in diselenide tungsten in one layer. Credit: Erfu Liu, UC Riverside. Get away, electrons; it is time to make way for the trion. A research team led by physicists from the University of California, Riverside, observed, characterized and controlled dark trions in a semiconductor – ultra-pure … Read more
[ad_1] The Tamu Massif, located east of Japan, was considered the largest volcano on the planet. Credit: University of Houston In 2013, Tamu Massif – a giant submarine volcano off the coast of Japan – stole the Hawaii crown as the world's largest volcano. But it's not a real volcano at all. The researchers published … Read more
[ad_1] While millions of air observers attended the great South American solar eclipse on July 2, a European satellite observed the celestial event from space. While eclipse observers in parts of Chile and Argentina had the chance to see the moon completely block the sun for a total solar eclipse, the Proba-2 satellite of the … Read more
[ad_1] Chinese and Japanese astronomers have detected the most powerful gamma rays recorded up to now after an explosion that occurred 1,000 years ago. Astronomers celebrated the discovery of the highest energy cosmic gamma rays ever observed in space, by neutralizing all others detected until now. The rays observed by the Tibet ASgamma telescope ranged … Read more
[ad_1] When the next generation of crews land on the surface of the moon – perhaps as early as 2024 – NASA plans to use a lunar global positioning system (GPS) to help astronauts make their way. . Such a system would prevent the repetition of the navigation problems that preoccupied Apollo astronauts in the … Read more
[ad_1] The Indian space agency is set to launch next week its ambitious Chandrayaan-2 mission, which is due to land near the south pole of the moon, still unexplored. Chandrayaan-2 will take off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, on the south-west coast of the country, at 15:01 in the morning (10:21). Second … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to the countdown and see how NASA's Space Rocket Launch System (SLS), the world's most powerful rocket, will send the Orion satellite to the Moon on the Artemis 1 mission. launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and all flight operations while SLS launches Orion and sends it into lunar orbit.For more … Read more
[ad_1] PICTURE: Maria Blasco, head of the CNIO Telomeres and Telomerase group and director of the study, and Kurt Whittemore, first author. view more Credit: CNIO A flamingo lives 40 years and a human being 90 years; a mouse lives two years and an elephant lives 60 years. Why? What determines the lifespan of a … Read more
[ad_1] You may have already seen videos of Snowball the Cockatoos dancing. He became viral in 2008 dancing to Backstreet Boys and Michael Jackson songs. But now, American scientists say that his "remarkably diverse spontaneous movements" show that the dance is not limited to the man. Video producer: Jimmy Blake Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook, … Read more
[ad_1] It's been almost 50 years since NASA sent a man to the moon, but many technologies invented for the groundbreaking Apollo space program are still being used in our lives on Earth today. From the tiny cameras in our cell phones to the heat-resistant uniforms used by firefighters to protect them from the dangers … Read more