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[ad_1] After a brief interruption, NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Problems with one of its gyros put the Hubble into safe mode back on November 19th. Now, the issue has been dealt with, and the world’s most productive space...
[ad_1] Science & Exploration 13/12/2023 334 views 12 likes Discovery helps answer the question: How small can you go when forming stars?Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars, since they form like stars through gravitational collapse, but never gain enough...
[ad_1] Safer train travel requires tracking solar storms, a new study urges.Powerful eruptions from the sun could cause accidents during peak train-travel times by interfering with electrical signaling stations, potentially switching railroad indicators from red...
[ad_1] Back to Article List The strange phenomenon, which rarely appears above red sprites that dance over thunderstorms, reveals the presence metals in our atmosphere. A red sprite appears above a thunderstorm visible from Maunakea in Hawaii. Also present is a blue...
[ad_1] Astrolabes serve two purposes. First, they are useful as an astronomical tool, especially for finding a ship’s latitude. But second, they are works of art in themselves. Besides having to be precise, many are beautiful. They are even seeing a resurgence in...
[ad_1] Ice is without doubt one of the first casualties of climate change, but the effects of our warming world are not only limited to ice melting on Earth’s surface. Ground that has been frozen for thousands of years, called permafrost, is thawing – adding to the...
[ad_1] We'll have to wait at least one more day to see SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket take to the skies again.The brawny Falcon Heavy had been scheduled to launch the U.S. Space Force's robotic X-37B space plane from Florida on Monday night (Dec. 11), a liftoff...
[ad_1] Back to Article List Don’t miss the Geminids — one of the best meteor showers of the year — which peak on the night of Dec. 14 and 15th. Two rock formations — known as the Chicken and the Mushroom — in Egypt’s White Desert lie under the Milky Way and the...
[ad_1] One of the chief objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to study the formation and evolution of the earliest galaxies in the Universe, which emerged more than 13 billion years ago. To this end, scientists must identify galaxies from different...
[ad_1] Applications 11/12/2023 217 views 6 likes The winning entry to a Europe-wide data visualisation contest was announced and showcased last week at COP28. The ‘Little Pictures’ competition challenged the continent’s creative talent to design compelling...