Even under clear skies in areas with hardly any light pollution, this view into space would look like nothing more than a round hazy splotch through binoculars. But in a newly released Hubble Space Telescope image, this globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius is a glittering spread of jewels, scattered atop a black velvet blanket….
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Ever since scientists have had an orbiter’s view of Mars, they’ve observed intriguing black spots on the surface so dark no one knows what’s inside them. They’re thought to be the mouths of deep caves where the sun doesn’t shine, formed by ancient volcano vents. Within them could be existing Martian life, liquid water, or traces…
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Scientists Katherine Laliotis and Jennifer Burt didn’t set out to anger Trekkies with their new study of exoplanets in other solar systems. It just so happens the data pointed them and the rest of their research team to a logical — most logical — conclusion, they said.Five years ago, a paper published in Monthly Notices…
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Great news for fans of seaweed that collects on beaches in colossal heaps, and stings people’s eyes, nostrils, and throats with a stench like rotten eggs: mass quantities of the algae known as sargassum are once again accumulating on Florida’s shorelines. And there’s reason to suspect that human-caused environmental havoc may be to blame.In fact,…
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Scientists Katherine Laliotis and Jennifer Burt didn’t set out to anger Trekkies with their new study of exoplanets in other solar systems. It just so happens the data pointed them and the rest of their research team to a logical — most logical — conclusion, they said.Five years ago, a paper published in Monthly Notices…
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In another milestone, India’s moon mission ‘touchwood’ is looking fairly good. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has effectively completed the critical tests that verify its capacity to cope with the severe vibration and acoustic environment that it will encounter during launch. These experiments were conducted at Bengaluru’s UR Rao…
On Mars, things are currently looking fairly interesting. The discovery of glacier remnants close to the equator raises the possibility that water still exists in an area of the red planet where humanity may one day set foot. One thing you should bear in mind is that the ice mass is no longer there, but…
In another milestone, India’s moon mission ‘touchwood’ is looking fairly good. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has effectively completed the critical tests that verify its capacity to cope with the severe vibration and acoustic environment that it will encounter during launch. These experiments were conducted at Bengaluru’s UR Rao…
The world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, is turning into a “bacterial house,” and there are alarming signs of this. Let’s first discuss an important region called “South Col” before getting into the specifics. The rocky valley known as South Col lies between Mount Everest and Lhotse, its sibling mountain. There is not a lot of…
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