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Did dwarf planet Ceres originate in the asteroid belt?

The dwarf planet Ceres has a diameter of almost 1,000 kilometers and is located in the asteroid belt. In the television series "The Expanse," Ceres gained new fame as the main base of the so-called 'belters': in this series, which is based on real ph.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgSep 9th, 2024

Work is underway on NASA"s next-generation asteroid hunter

The mirrors for NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other spacecraft components is accelerating......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News7 hr. 40 min. ago

Unraveling an ancient European extinction mystery: Disappearance of dwarf megafauna on paleolithic Cyprus

Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before paleolithic humans arrived......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

An ambitious mission to Neptune could study both the planet and Triton

Mission concepts to the outer solar system are relatively common, as planetary scientists are increasingly frustrated by our lack of knowledge of the farthest planets. Neptune, the farthest known planet, was last visited by Voyager 2 in the 1980s......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

The best movies on Hulu right now (September 2024)

The best movies on Hulu include Date Night, Sicario, Us, The Mask of Zorro, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Immaculate, Rachel Getting Married, and more......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

NASA issues alert for stadium sized asteroid passing earth Tuesday

NASA issues alert for stadium sized asteroid passing earth Tuesday.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Earth is about to second Moon, but only for 2 months

Earth is getting a second moon—at least for a little while. This moon will come in the form of a small asteroid that will make … The post Earth is about to get a second Moon, but only for 2 months appeared first on BGR. Earth is ge.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis? Scientists hope to find out

After decades of trying to stop Earth from heating up, scientists are exploring how to reverse climate change and maybe even cool the planet back down......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

New "grumpy" fish species discovered in the Red Sea

A team of researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the University of Washington has discovered a new species of fish that seems perpetually displeased. The researchers decided to call this new species the grumpy dwarf.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

The skyscraper-sized tsunami that vibrated through the entire planet and no one saw

Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We saw it on sensors everywhere, from the Arctic to Antarctica......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 14th, 2024

The roles played by Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation

Indigenous Peoples play an indisputable and critical role in the conservation of the planet's biodiversity. Their lands and livelihoods sustain life in myriad forms. However, a study by researchers at the ICTA-UAB published in Nature concludes that t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

Astronomers discover new planet in Great Bear constellation

Astronomers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have discovered a new planet in the constellation of the Great Bear. It has a mass as much as 11 times that of Jupiter, orbits its star in 14 years and has a temperature of no more than min.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up

A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet and how badly the company is missing its own targets......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

New research reveals how El Niño caused the greatest ever mass extinction

Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Report outlines a path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth"s critical resources are better shared

Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an inter.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Check out this incredible cloud atlas of Mars

Researchers recently presented a stunning cloud atlas of Mars: a database containing 20 years' worth of images of clouds and storms observed on the red planet......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

NASA scientists recreate Mars"s spider-shaped geologic formations in lab for the first time

Tests on Earth appear to confirm how the red planet's spider-shaped geologic formations are carved by carbon dioxide......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 11th, 2024

Cloud atlas of Mars showcases array of atmospheric phenomena

Cloud enthusiasts have a new tool to investigate striking formations in the skies above the red planet. A browsable database of 20-years-worth of images of clouds and storms, created by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Berlin, is helping scientis.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 10th, 2024

Bringing electricity to the smallest villages is not likely to reduce poverty

Nearly 800 million people in the world lack access to commercial electricity. It is easy to assume that connecting them to the grid will reduce poverty and improve lives. In fact, expanding energy infrastructure to everyone on the planet by 2030 is o.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 10th, 2024

Satisfactory is officially released, officially a scary wonderful time sink

Even people with 1,000 hours in the game are still learning about it. Enlarge / Where are the gentle creatures and native plants you first saw when you landed? More importantly, could this conveyer belt run on a shorter path? (cr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 10th, 2024