The surface of Europa – one of Jupiter’s moons – is a thick layer of solid ice. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute, CC BY-SA Mike Sori, Purdue University On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE – will […]
Shutterstock Matthew England, UNSW Sydney; Adele Morrison, Australian National University; Andy Hogg, Australian National University; Qian Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Steve Rintoul, CSIRO Off the coast of Antarctica, trillions of tonnes of cold salty water sink to great depths. As the water sinks, it drives the deepest flows of the “overturning” circulation […]
Some days you look in the mirror and find a long dark hair where it didn’t use to be. Maybe you’re going through puberty, pregnancy, or menopause. Maybe you’re not. But either way, that hair didn’t appear out of nowhere. It just went through a bit of a transformation. [SciShow]
The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a flyby of the Moon. NASA Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University On April 3, 2023, NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of Artemis II, which is scheduled to launch in late 2024. The Artemis II mission will send these four astronauts […]
House Zero in Austin, Texas, is a 2,000-square-foot home that was built with 3D-printed concrete. Lake Flato Architects James Rose, University of Tennessee In architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry and concrete formed the basis for most structures on Earth. In the 1880s, the adoption of the steel frame changed architecture forever. […]
Researchers have been creating superbugs since the 1970s. Although such research may assist in preparing us for future outbreaks, the potential consequences of these terrifying experiments are not to be trifled with. If a dangerous virus were to escape from a lab, it could trigger a worldwide pandemic. So what can we do to minimize […]
Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift theory, which emerged in the early 20th century, paved the way for our current understanding of plate tectonics. What’s even more intriguing is that Pangea was merely the most recent in a series of supercontinents, and there will be others in the future. In this video from Ted Ed, delve into […]
Io has volcanism. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Gareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham Evidence for current volcanic activity on the planet Venus has recently made the news. But Venus is far from the only world beyond Earth to exhibit signs of volcanic activity. In fact, having volcanic activity (volcanism) on planets is quite common. Here are four […]
Magnetic levitation is just one of the interesting attributes that make superconductors so interesting. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library vie Getty Images Mishkat Bhattacharya, Rochester Institute of Technology The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity to every light, television, heating system, cellphone and computer on the planet. Unfortunately, on average, […]
A journey to the end of time with the 5 most likely ways the universe will be destroyed!