by rmil2k | Dec 8, 2023 | News
Back to Article List Whether you’re interested in astronomy, geology, planetary science, or the solar system, Iceland is not a place you want to miss. An extraordinary display of aurorae shimmers over Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland, in 2018. Credit: Wikimedia...
by rmil2k | Dec 7, 2023 | News
Imagine a solar storm generating auroral displays across the entire sky. No, we haven’t quite seen them that strong in the current solar cycle. But, back in February 1872, people around the world reported seeing brilliant northern and southern lights. The culprit? A...
by rmil2k | Dec 7, 2023 | News
Applications 07/12/2023 344 views 19 likes Tropical forests are clearly critical to Earth’s climate system, but understanding exactly how much carbon they absorb from the atmosphere, store and release is tricky to calculate, not least because measuring and reporting...
by rmil2k | Dec 7, 2023 | News
The spacecraft that ferried India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander-rover duo to the moon has returned home — sort of.In a surprise announcement on Monday (Dec. 4), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it had moved Chandrayaan-3’s propulsion module out...
by rmil2k | Dec 7, 2023 | News
Back to Article List Despite being blasted by molecule-destroying ultraviolet radiation, at least one planet-forming disk in the Lobster Nebula has the building blocks of rocky planets. The Lobster Nebula is one of the nearest and most massive star-forming regions....
