Flights scrapped as new volcanic eruptions hit Canaries
Fresh volcanic eruptions in Spain's Canary Islands prompted the cancellation of flights, airport authorities said Friday, the first since the Cumbre Vieja volcano came to life again......»»
Temperature of solar flares helps understand nature of solar plasma
The sun's rotation produces changes in its magnetic field, which flips completely every 11 years or so, triggering a phase of intense activity. Solar flares—huge eruptions from the surface of the sun lasting minutes or hours—emit intense bursts o.....»»
NASA"s Juno mission nears Jupiter"s moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Jupiter's volcanic moon Io on Tuesday, May 16, and then the gas giant itself soon after. The flyby of the Jovian moon will be the closest to date, at an altitude of about 22,060 miles (35,500 kilometers). Now in t.....»»
Uber flight bookings next step to becoming a travel super app
Uber’s ambition to transform itself from a ride-hailing service to a “travel super app” has seen the company branch out into Uber flight bookings, for both domestic and international flights … more… The post Uber flight bookings next ste.....»»
Supercomputers have revealed the giant "pillars of heat" funneling diamonds upward from deep within Earth
Most diamonds are formed deep inside Earth and brought close to the surface in small yet powerful volcanic eruptions of a kind of rock called "kimberlite.".....»»
Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights with a mission this month, its first in nearly two years, and the launch of commercial trips in June......»»
Rocket Report: China selling reusable engines; can SpaceX still raise money?
"We all know that China and Russia and others have been doing lots of flights." Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the Viasat-3 mission on April 30, 2023. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 5.36 of the Rock.....»»
Minoan eruption survey improves volcanic risk assessments
Volcanic eruptions are spectacular, violent and dangerous. Large explosive eruptions can even have global impacts. To classify the size of volcanic eruptions, the magma volume and the deposition volume are determined. Volcanologists estimate these va.....»»
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the US
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America......»»
A stormy, active sun may have kickstarted life on Earth
The first building blocks of life on Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from our sun, a new study finds......»»
Deadly volcanic flow insights could aid forecasting
The discovery of the driving force behind the world's deadliest volcanic events could help improve forecasting of their devastating effects, new research suggests......»»
Here’s how Bugatti is approaching electric car design
As Bugatti builds the last of its W16 engines, it's getting ready to go electric. Enlarge / The Bugatti Mistral is the brand's final W16-powered road car. (credit: Bugatti) BMW provided flights from DC to San Francisco a.....»»
The surprising science behind long-distance bird migration
A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently made a surprising discovery, with the help of a wind tunnel and a flock of birds. Songbirds, many of which make twice-yearly, non-stop flights of more tha.....»»
2022 Tongan volcanic eruption was largest natural explosion in more than a century, new study finds
The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Kha.....»»
Ash from Russian volcano prompts Alaska flight cancellations
Alaska Airlines canceled about two dozen flights in its namesake state Thursday because of an ash cloud from a volcano in Russia, the Seattle-based airline said in a statement......»»
Predictive power of climate models may be masked by volcanoes
Simulated volcanic eruptions may be blowing up our ability to predict near-term climate, according to a new study published in Science Advances......»»
No, Apple hasn"t scrapped the 27-inch mini LED display, says Kuo
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo disagrees with a recent claim that Apple has abandoned its plans for a 27-inch Studio Display, and says it will come in 2024 or 2025, with "high-end" features.Apple's current Studio DisplayKuo's tweet does not refer to Ross Young.....»»
Kuo: 27-inch mini-LED Apple external display targeting 2025 release
Yesterday, display analyst Ross Young said that Apple had scrapped plans for a new 27-inch external display with mini-LED screen technology. This was rumored as either the second-generation , or a higher-end model that would slot in between it and t.....»»
New satellite technology tested in the Schnalstal/Senales valley to measure thermal conductivity of snow
Over the past few days, a small Cessna aircraft carrying an experimental technology flew over the Senales Valley in South Tyrol between Vernago Lake and Grawand. Over the course of two flights, a sensor measured the heat exchange between snow and air.....»»
Volcanic hot springs microalgae, a promising protein source for the future
Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands have successfully developed a method to produce a promising microalga species that grows in an unlikely environment: the world's volcanic hot springs......»»
Improving astronaut vision in long-haul space flights
West Australian researchers have developed a breakthrough method to measure the brain fluid pressure in humans, which may reduce vision damage experienced by astronauts on long-haul space flights......»»