The oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

[ad_1] This undated photo made available by the National Park Service in September 2021 shows fossilized human footprints in White Sands National Park in New Mexico. According to a report published in the journal Science on Thursday, September 23, 2021, impressions indicate that the first humans walked across North America about 23,000 years ago, much … Read more

The Northeast is warming faster than the rest of the United States

[ad_1] The northeast coast of the United States, from Delaware to Maine, is warming faster than most of the northern hemisphere, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change. Over the past century, the region’s average summer temperature has risen by 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. (Worldwide, year-round average … Read more

NASA’s InSight lander detects 90-minute earthquake on Mars, its first large

[ad_1] NASA’s InSight lander has finally detected earthquakes on Mars greater than magnitude 4. An earthquake lasted almost 90 minutes and was five times more energetic than the previous record holder. Large earthquakes help NASA scientists scan the core of Mars to learn how habitable planets evolve. Loading Something is loading. NASA’s Insight lander sat … Read more

Will NASA’s lunar rover find enough ice it is looking for?

[ad_1] NASA’s VIPER rover, shown in this render, will explore the lunar south pole in search of ice.Credit: NASA Ames / Daniel Rutter NASA plans to land its next lunar rover next to a crater, named Nobile, near the moon’s south pole, the agency said. But some scientists are wondering if the mission, which is … Read more

Come in, the water is superionic

[ad_1] LLNL scientists have developed a novel approach using machine learning to study the phase behaviors of superionic water found in the ice giants Uranus and Neptune with unprecedented resolution. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The interiors of Uranus and Neptune each contain about 50,000 times the amount of water in Earth’s oceans, and a … Read more

Mars Report: Update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover SHERLOC Instrument (September 23, 2021) – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

[ad_1] Mars Report: Update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover SHERLOC Instrument (September 23, 2021)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA’s InSight Mars lander detects 3 biggest earthquakes yetEspace.com Three record-breaking earthquakes detected on Mars, and they’re fascinatingScience Alert Perseverance breathes new life into the mining and space sectorsCosmos Magazine NASA’s Perseverance Rover cameras capture Mars like never beforeNASA … Read more

The oldest known human footprints in the Americas have been discovered

[ad_1] The oldest known human footprints in the Americas were found in an ancient lake bed in what is now White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Dating back to between 23,000 and 21,000 years, the footprints challenge many widely established theories about how and when humans first arrived on the continent. The trails were … Read more

These 3 Seattle scientists are studying the coronavirus. Now they are getting millions of people to pursue their “craziest science ideas” – The Seattle Times

[ad_1] These 3 Seattle scientists are studying the coronavirus. Now they get millions of people to pursue their “craziest science ideas”Seattle weather HHMI invests $ 300 million in 33 new investigatorsHoward Hughes Medical Institute Seven local scientists receiving $ 9 million each to fund researchBetaBoston Mikhail Shapiro appointed HHMI investigatorCaltech UVA School of Medicine scientist … Read more