A large glacier in northwest Greenland is interacting with ocean tides, scientists say, resulting in previously unknown melting and potentially faster rise in sea levels. The group of glaciologists from the University of California Irvine (UCI) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) published the study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. … Read more
During a recent excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, an international team of researchers discovered five new meteorites – including one of the largest ever discovered on that continent. The rare meteorite is about the size of a cantaloupe but weighs 7.7 kilograms. It is one of around 100 of that size or larger … Read more
It doesn’t matter that Halloween is over, because the “fireballs of Halloween “, such as the NASAit will still be visible in the sky in the nights of the next few weeks, thanks to the meteor shower of the southern Taurids. The estimated peak of the meteor shower will occur this Saturday, the 5th, according … Read more
The probe managed to reduce the orbit in 32 minutes A Confirmed by NASA On Tuesday the impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft against the asteroid Dimorphos, located about 11 million kilometers from Earth, managed to divert its trajectory, as predicted. The administrator of the American space agency, Bill Nelson, pointed out … Read more
An experiment by the US space agency, scheduled for early Monday, aims to assess whether it will be possible to deflect an asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. A NASA spacecraft will collide with an asteroid at dawn on Monday. DART, which stands for “Dual Asteroid Redirection Test”, will have an encounter … Read more
It was Mark Zuckerberg himself who announced the news Whatsapp will have new features from September that aim to improve users’ privacy, as well as help to avoid embarrassing moments. The announcement was made by the CEO of Meta, which owns the platform. One of the new updates is silent exit from groups. There are … Read more
A mysterious radio burst with a pattern similar to a heartbeat has been detected in space. Astronomers estimate that the signal came from a galaxy about a billion light-years away, but the exact location and cause of the burst remain unknown. A study detailing the results was published Wednesday in Nature magazine. Fast radio bursts, … Read more
iPhone owner announces a series of news. Here’s what. Apple kicked off its annual programming conference by unveiling the next generation of its mobile software, iOS 16, which brings new features that will allow users to customize their iPhone’s locked screens, change the way they text friends via iMessage and delve deeper into how your … Read more
This is perhaps the closest we’ll ever get to finding a flower on Mars. During its ongoing investigation of the Martian rocks in Gale Crater, the Curiosity rover came across a little surprise. This rocky artifact, which resembles a piece of coral or a flower, is smaller than a coin. The Martian “flower” and the … Read more
PUB Up to 40 satellites from SpaceX’s Starlink project are expected to de-orbit thanks to a bad timing. The company launched the satellites directly into a solar storm. PUB A batch of 49 Internet satellites from the Starlink project followed in SpaceX’s most recent launch on February 3, and now the company predicts losing most … Read more