Scientific News

UTD gets $1.5M to help more transfer students
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 8:07 pm
More students from low-income backgrounds will receive financial and academic support when they transfer to the University of Texas at ...
dallasnews.com

How Rare Are November Hurricanes?
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 8:04 pm
November weather in most of North America is synonymous with chilly breezes rustling through red, yellow and orange leaves as ...
scientificamerican.com

This AI can harness sound to reveal the structure of unseen spaces
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 8:00 pm
The system can both use sound to try to visualize what an unseen space would look like, or simulate sound ...
popsci.com

The evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinctions
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:47 pm
The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth's oceans during the ...
phys.org

NASA Hubble Sees Spectacular Supernova From 11 Billion Years Ago
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:39 pm
Thanks to a cosmic magic trick, the Hubble Space Telescope witnesses three different moments in a star's explosive death process.
msn.com

Cargo Craft Successfully Docks at Space Station After Unusual Glitch
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:31 pm
Whew. NASA and Northrop Grumman pulled off the ISS arrival of a Cygnus space freighter with only one working solar ...
msn.com

Cargo ship reaches space station despite jammed solar panel
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:27 pm
A Northrop Grumman capsule delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday despite a jammed solar ...
apnews.com

Latest U.S. weather satellite, set to scan storms like Nicole, launches Thursday
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:24 pm
The satellite, known as JPSS-2, will help meteorologists forecast weather, monitor climate change and track wildfires, dust storms and volcanic ...
washingtonpost.com

China is scrapping plans for an SLS-like rocket in favor of reusable booster
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:17 pm
When China started to get serious about sending its astronauts to the Moon in the middle of the last decade, ...
arstechnica.com

REVIEW: 'Good Night Oppy' brings science to life in new ways
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:16 pm
In Good Night Oppy, a documentary about the two machines sent to the red planet, we get a sense of ...
madison.com

China ditches expendable rocket plan for its Moon program
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:16 pm
When China started to get serious about sending its astronauts to the Moon in the middle of the last decade, ...
arstechnica.com

Octopuses Caught on Camera Throwing Shells at Each Other
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:00 pm
Octopuses have previously been observed shooting sand from their siphon but never throwing more substantial objects like seashells. The researchers ...
gizmodo.com

Sewage pipe in Egypt bursts after COP27 attendees complain about lack of basic necessities
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 7:00 pm
After COP27 participants complained about the lack of basic necessities, a pipe in Egypt ruptured on Wednesday leaving streams of ...
foxnews.com

Examining the 'forgetfulness' of state-of-the-art climate models in equatorial and coastal regions
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 6:32 pm
General circulation models play an important role in researching and predicting climate change, and so assessing their performance as they ...
phys.org

Message Inscribed on Ancient Comb Found in Israel Encourages Brushing to Rid of Lice
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 6:06 pm
The inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards to rid themselves of lice. The sentence contains 17 letters that ...
nbcnewyork.com

Melting Greenland ice raises sea-level more than previously thought
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 6:04 pm
The research, based on data collected from a network of precise GPS stations, satellite data and modeling showed that as ...
newscientist.com

Watch Octopuses Hurl Shells at Each Other in Bizarre Underwater Brawl
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 6:00 pm
A group of wild octopuses have been caught on camera hurling silt and shells at each other in first of ...
newsweek.com

What this month's National Space Council meetings could mean for the satellite industry
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 5:16 pm
Mike French, VP for space systems at the Aerospace Industries Association, said AIA is working with members to help shape ...
fastcompany.com

Cargo ship launched from Virginia reaches space station despite jammed solar panel
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 5:09 pm
A Northrop Grumman capsule delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday despite a jammed solar ...
dailypress.com

Dazzling photos show rare pink auroras in the sky after a solar storm
Wed, Nov 9th 2022 at 5:03 pm
A group of northern lights tour guides have captured an image of rare pink auroras following a powerful solar storm ...
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