[ad_1] NASA’s upcoming mission to asteroid 16 Psyche has garnered a lot of attention for its potential value, but two more near-Earth metal-rich asteroids could be mined for their resources, including one that could be worth more than $ 11 trillion. . These metal-rich near-Earth asteroids (NEA) are known as 6178 (1986 DA) and 2016 … Read more
[ad_1] Using the hydrogel tablet to purify water does not require any energy input and does not create harmful by-products. Credit: University of Texas at Austin. According to some estimates, up to a third of the world’s population does not have access to safe drinking water, and half of the population could live in areas … Read more
[ad_1] Don’t adjust your screen and grab the soy sauce. What you see in front of you is a real, living, breathing sea animal currently on display in a Japanese aquarium – a creature that looks exactly like a piece of salmon sushi. This sea creature snack is one of the most popular residents of … Read more
[ad_1] Don’t adjust your screen and grab the soy sauce. What you see in front of you is a real, living, breathing sea animal currently on display in a Japanese aquarium – a creature that looks exactly like a piece of salmon sushi. This sea creature snack is one of the most popular residents of … Read more
[ad_1] Hidden in plain sight, the third tardigrade fossil on record has been found suspended in a 16-million-year-old piece of Dominican amber. The find includes a newly named species, Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus, as a relative of the modern tardigrade family known as Isohypsibioidea. It is the first tardigrade fossil of the Cenozoic, our current geological era … Read more
[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has set its sights beyond Mars. The nation announced today (October 5) its intention to launch an ambitious mission into the asteroid belt in 2028. This will be the UAE’s second interplanetary effort; the first, the UAE Mission to Mars, launched an orbiter called Hope to the Red Planet … Read more
[ad_1] A dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex – but with a body the size of a chicken – that likely ruled the roost around 200 million years ago has been discovered. The tiny but fearsome creature, whose fossilized remains were found in a South Wales quarry, is the oldest theropod – a group that … Read more
[ad_1] In one of the most iconic scenes from the original “Star Wars” movie, Luke Skywalker watches two suns set on his home planet. While a planet with two sunsets may seem like the kind of thing that only happens in sci-fi movies, it doesn’t at all. In fact, a solar system that hosts two … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: DOI: 10.1016 / j.pss.2021.105306 A pair of space scientists, one with the University of Antioquia, the other with the University of Salento, have found evidence of a swarm of large asteroids hidden in the Taurid complex. Ignacio FerrÃn and Vincenzo Orofino wrote an article describing their findings in the journal Planetary and Space … Read more
[ad_1] The fiery exoplanet WASP-76b – a hot Jupiter, raining iron – could be hotter than previously thought. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter – a place where iron vaporizes, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain – the fiery, hellish exoplanet WASP-76b may be even … Read more