Scientists have been warning about this for years Bumblebee populations are decliningThis poses a risk to the crucial role pollinators play in helping sustain food and plants around the world. New research has found an “important factor” in why. The answer? It’s getting way too hot. Like humans, bumblebees’ bodies thrive within certain temperature thresholds. … Read more
Recent reports of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detecting signs of life on a distant planet outside the solar system are unfortunately somewhat premature. This is evident from research by scientists at the University of California Riverside (UCR). While this will disappoint all of us who are eager for confirmation of extraterrestrial life, it … Read more
The curiosity Mars Rover has discovered intriguing chemical evidence, in the form of abnormal amounts of manganese oxide, suggesting this Mars Billions of years ago had not only a habitable environment, but also an environment that may have been inhabited by microbes. NASA’s curiosity is exploring the gigantic Gale Crater with a diameter of 154 … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – The new Starliner spacecraft is ready for its first-ever astronaut launch on Monday (May 6), Boeing and NASA officials announced today (May 3). Barring bad weather or last-minute technical problems, Starliner was cleared to send two experienced NASA astronauts and former U.S. Navy test pilots to the International Space Station (ISS). … Read more
Scientists have finally discovered what causes a Switzerland-sized hole to repeatedly form in Antarctica’s sea ice. Researchers first discovered the hole, the Maud Rise polynya, in 1974 and 1976 in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, and since then it has resurfaced fleetingly and sporadically – in different sizes but in the same spot, and sometimes not at … Read more
Sometime in the next few years—no one knows exactly when—three NASA satellites, each as heavy as an elephant, will go dark. They are already drifting and losing height little by little. They’ve been staring at the planet for more than two decades, much longer than anyone expected, helping us predict the weather, control wildfires, monitor … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, JILA Planetesimal orbits around a white dwarf. Initially, each planetesimal has a circular, prograde orbit. The staircase forms an eccentric debris disk that has prograde (blue) and retrograde orbits (orange). Credit: Steven Burrows/Madigan Group/JILA × close to … Read more
The awesome predictive power of Albert Einstein’s 1915 theory of gravity, general relativity, is undeniable – yet the theory still exhibits inconsistencies when it comes to calculating its effect at great distances. And new research suggests that these inconsistencies could be the result of a “cosmic glitch” in gravity itself. In the 109 years since … Read more
The awesome predictive power of Albert Einstein’s 1915 theory of gravity, general relativity, is undeniable – yet the theory still exhibits inconsistencies when it comes to calculating its effect at great distances. And new research suggests that these inconsistencies could be the result of a “cosmic glitch” in gravity itself. In the 109 years since … Read more