Jupiter"s Hot Youth May Have Melted Its Icy Moons
The gas giant planet’s youthful glow could explain major differences between its four largest satellites.....»»
New exoplanet discovery builds better understanding of planet formation
An international team of scientists has discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-mass star called TOI-4860, located in the Corvus constellation......»»
China mulls mandatory "minor mode" on iPhone to curb youth Internet abuse
Apple, other smartphone makers, and app developers may have to introduce limits to how Chinese children can use devices like iPhone and the apps to run them, if a new proposed law is put into effect.Restricting content for kidsA draft regulation put.....»»
Teens engaged in activism become better critical thinkers, study finds
Youth involved in community-based activism over time become better critical thinkers and more politically active, according to a new University of Michigan study......»»
Launch of heavyweight commercial communications satellite reset for Friday night [Updated]
SpaceX will again launch a competitor's satellite, this time a 10-ton behemoth. Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before the launch of the Jupiter 3 communications.....»»
Launch of heavyweight commercial communications satellite reset for Thursday night [Updated]
SpaceX will again launch a competitor's satellite, this time a 10-ton behemoth. Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before the launch of the Jupiter 3 communications.....»»
Launch of heavyweight commercial communications satellite reset for Thursday night
SpaceX will again launch a competitor's satellite, this time a 10-ton behemoth. Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before the launch of the Jupiter 3 communications.....»»
NASA"s Juno is getting ever closer to Jupiter"s moon Io
The spinning, solar-powered spacecraft will take another look of the fiery Jovian moon on July 30......»»
World’s heaviest commercial communications satellite will launch tonight
SpaceX will again launch a competitor's satellite, this time a 10-ton behemoth. Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before the launch of the Jupiter 3 communications.....»»
To Solve the LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Crisis, Our Research Must Be More Nuanced
Young people do not fall into neat categories of race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Research into LGBTQ mental health must take that into account.....»»
New image reveals secrets of planet birth
A spectacular new image released today by the European Southern Observatory gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form. Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researc.....»»
How businesses can shape the (safer) future of social media
New legal standards and systems-level, risk-based governance of youth use of social media are essential for safety and are business opportunities too. New legal standards and systems-level, risk-based governance of youth use of social media are e.....»»
Greenland melted recently, says study that raises future sea level threat
A mile-thick ice sheet in Greenland vanished around 416,000 years ago during a period of moderate natural warming, driving global sea rise to levels that would spell catastrophe for coastal regions today, a study said Thursday......»»
How engineers on the ground fixed the Juice spacecraft’s stuck antenna
In April the Juice spacecraft launched to investigate the icy moons of Jupiter, but there was a problem: an antenna was stuck and wasn't deploying......»»
Solving the RIME deployment mystery on ESA"s Juice mission
When the RIME antenna on ESA's Juice mission failed to deploy a few days after launch, the engineering teams faced the mighty challenge of understanding the fault and rectifying it. At stake was a chance to see inside Jupiter's mysterious icy moons......»»
First ultraviolet data collected by European Space Agency"s JUICE mission
The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning following the April 14 launch......»»
Study shows the Earth formed from dry, rocky building blocks
Billions of years ago, in the giant disk of dust, gas, and rocky material that orbited our young sun, larger and larger bodies coalesced to eventually give rise to the planets, moons, and asteroids we see today......»»
Increased female, youth legislative representation may improve sustainable development goals performance
As part of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's (OIST) SDG initiative, researchers from OIST and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) have studied the composition of national legislatures from more than 100 countries.....»»
Inside the First Youth-Led Climate Lawsuit to Go to Trial
In Held v. Montana, 16 young residents challenged what the state must do to uphold its constitution’s guarantee of a “clean and healthful environment.”.....»»
NASA’s skywatching tips for July feature stars called Regulus and Fomalhaut
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and stars feature in NASA's latest roundup of ideas on what to look out for in the night sky over the coming weeks......»»
Paper suggests there could be captured planets in the Oort cloud
Our solar system has had a chaotic past. Earth and the other planets are now in stable orbits, but while they were forming they experienced drastic location shifts. Jupiter was likely much closer to the sun than it is now, and its shift not only shif.....»»