[ad_1] The Ingenuity helicopter will have to wait a few weeks for its next flight, as Mars is completely on the other side of the Sun from Earth, disturbing communications with spacecraft stationed there. But all solar conjunctions aside, the helicopter has another problem: It has to adapt to a changing atmosphere. The problem is … Read more
[ad_1] At some point in Earth’s early history, the planet took a turn towards habitability when a group of enterprising microbes known as cyanobacteria developed oxygenated photosynthesis – the ability to transform light and water into energy, releasing oxygen in the process. This evolutionary moment allowed oxygen to eventually accumulate in the atmosphere and oceans, … Read more
[ad_1] Martian spacecraft will benefit from a temporary break from their normal work schedules when NASA suspends sending mission control commands during Mars’ next solar conjunction. Every two years, Mars and Earth find themselves on opposite sides of the Sun, completely invisible to each other as a glowing star spewing out plumes of hot, ionized … Read more
[ad_1] Worms don’t move when they have Alzheimer’s disease. Still, something helped the worms with the disease keep their movement in Professor Jessica Tanis’s lab at the University of Delaware. By solving the mystery, Tanis and his team have provided new clues about the potential impact of diet on Alzheimer’s disease, the dreaded degenerative disease … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s Ingenuity experimental helicopter before its first flight to Mars. NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU This story is part of Welcome to mars, our series exploring the red planet. NASA’s outperforming Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes a short hiatus before attempting its next flight. The rotorcraft had been scheduled for a brief hover exercise on … Read more
[ad_1] There is now even more evidence that a bizarre star system perched on the nose of the constellation Orion can contain the rarest type of planet in the known universe: a single world orbiting three suns simultaneously. The star system, known as GW Orionis (or GW Ori) and located around 1,300 Light years of … Read more
[ad_1] This magnificent cassowary is considered one of the most dangerous birds in the world. (Image credit: Steve Wilson / Getty Images) The one who invented the old riddle “Who came first: the chicken or the egg?” »Failed to consider the most dangerous bird in the world (and the largest in Australia) – the cassowary … Read more
[ad_1] Scientists have discovered two new species of large predatory dinosaurs with “unusual crocodile-like skulls” on the Isle of Wight in England. Dinosaurs are believed to be a species of spinosaurid and were the first skeletons of the dinosaur family to be discovered in the UK since 1983. The two new species are linked to … Read more
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[ad_1] © NASA / Getty / The Atlantic The moon is moving away from us. Each year our moon moves distinctly, inexorably farther from Earth, just a tiny bit, about an inch and a half, an almost imperceptible change. There is no way to stop this slow ebb, no way to go back. The forces … Read more