Melting Arctic permafrost could release radioactive waste and wake dormant viruses

[ad_1] As climate change warms the Arctic, melting ice could release dangerous chemicals and radioactive materials from the Cold War. The disappearance of permafrost could also release viruses and bacteria that have slept under the arctic ice for tens of thousands of years, according to a new study. Looking at historical records and previous studies … Read more

WATCH: Home security cameras capture ‘fireball’ meteor above Colorado night sky – KCCI Des Moines

[ad_1] WATCH: Home security cameras capture ‘fireball’ meteor above Colorado night skyKCCI Des Moines Bright blue fireball captured on video over ColoradoYahoo! Voice A burst of light from a meteor seen for miles in ColoradoFOX31 Denver VIDEO: Fireball crosses Colorado skiesWKRC TV Cincinnati A moment’s fireball meteor in the morning sky is caught on home … Read more

Venus and an asteroid landing

[ad_1] An Emirati walks past a screen displaying the Mars “Hope” probe at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai on July 19, 2020. GIUSEPPE CACACE | AFP via Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced plans to explore the planet Venus before the end of the … Read more

Lunar Landers could detonate instant landing pads upon arrival on the Moon

[ad_1] The artistic depiction of a lunar lander uses the deposition technology of a FAST landing pad. Credit: Masten Space Systems Space exploration requires all kinds of interesting solutions to complex problems. There is a branch of Nasa designed to support innovators trying to solve these problems – the Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). They … Read more

Russian film crew boldly pulls towards space station

[ad_1] It was from the Kazakh steppes where camels and ground squirrels roam, rather than in Hollywood studios that real actors went into space at 11:55 a.m. Moscow time, Russian website Komsomolskaya Pravda reported. Klipenko’s actress wife Sofia Karpunina noted that the director must have lost 15 kg (33 lbs) beforehand. [ad_2] Source link

Earth is darkening

[ad_1] Gradation in real life is not this spectacular. We’re just having fun with that here.GIF: NASA / Gizmodo The Earth is losing some of its shine, a to study published in Geophysical Research Letters last week. It seems that climate change and natural climate change have essentially scuffed our planet. We really can’t have … Read more

Researchers Record Single Chemical Bond Breaking – “Unbelievable”

[ad_1] The researchers measured the mechanical forces applied to break a bond between carbon monoxide and iron phthalocyanine, which appears as a symmetrical cross in scanning probe microscope images taken before and after the rupture of the connection. Credit: Pengcheng Chen et al. Using advanced microscopy techniques to Princeton University, researchers have recorded the breaking … Read more

Europe-Japan spacecraft takes close-up photos of Mercury craters

[ad_1] BepiColombo, a Euro-Japanese spacecraft, flew over Mercury for the first time on Friday. The probe returned beautifully clear images of the planet’s cratered and lunar surface. It is expected to fly over Mercury five more times before hitting the planet’s orbit in 2025. Loading Something is loading. Mercury is finally back in the spotlight, … Read more

NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid moon

[ad_1] The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will take off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Following its launch in November, NASA will test its asteroid deflection technology in September 2022 to see its impact on the movement … Read more

How apples take their shape

[ad_1] Apples are among the oldest and most recognizable fruits in the world. But have you ever really thought about the shape of an apple? Apples are relatively spherical, except for that characteristic dimple at the top where the stem grows. How do apples grow this distinctive shape? Today, a team of mathematicians and physicists … Read more