There’s a weird asteroid shaped like a bone whipping around our sun
Astronomers have got their closest look yet at an unusually shaped asteroid orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars......»»
Five cool features and one weird thing you’ll find in macOS 14 Sonoma
Forget the headliners; let's talk about some less obvious stuff. Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple released its first public beta for macOS Sonoma (among other operating systems) this month, and per usual, headli.....»»
After bopping an asteroid 3 years ago, NASA will finally see the results
"Every sample here has a story to tell." Enlarge / A look inside the clean room where OSIRIS-REx's samples will be stored. (credit: NASA) Christmas Day for scientists who study asteroids is coming in just two months when.....»»
This wing-shaped instrument is a redesigned baby grand piano
Ravenchord looks nothing like a piano. Is it a folly or a long-overdue upgrade? Few objects are defined by their shape as much as the grand piano. Inspired by the form of its predecessor, the harpsichord, the piano is the musical embodiment of .....»»
Asteroid-smashing NASA probe sent boulders into space
When a NASA spacecraft successfully knocked an asteroid off course last year it sent dozens of boulders skittering into space, images from the Hubble telescope showed on Thursday......»»
Weird white dwarf is hydrogen on one side and helium on the other
Recently astronomers discovered a very unusual example of a white dwarf: one that seems to have one side composed of hydrogen and the other side of helium......»»
Hubble observes a cluster of boulders around impacted asteroid Dimorphos
Last year, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. Now, Hubble has observed that a number of boulders have been ejected from the asteroid......»»
Examining the contribution of cultural heritage values to steppe conservation on ancient burial mounds of Eurasia
During our history, ancient civilizations have considerably shaped the global ecosystems through a coevolution of landscape and local populations. In some cases, the legacy of the disappeared civilizations is still visible in the form of buildings an.....»»
These Shokz bone conduction headphones can be yours for $60 today
The Shokz OpenMove bone conduction wireless headphones, which won't insert into your ear canals or cover your ears, is on sale from Amazon with a $20 discount......»»
DART asteroid impact created a 10,000-kilometer debris field of boulders
The asteroid-smashing planetary defense mission knocked some large rocks free. Enlarge / The dusty debris from the DART collision dominates this image, but there are boulders present, too. (credit: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA)).....»»
Once again, the US public says NASA should prioritize asteroid defense
Just 7 percent of US women want NASA to prioritize humans to Mars. Enlarge / Artist’s illustration shows the ejection of a cloud of debris after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. (credit: ESO/M. Ko.....»»
Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid Dimorphos
Wayward asteroids present a real collision hazard to Earth. Scientists estimate that an asteroid measuring several miles across smashed into Earth 65 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs, among other forms of life, in a mass extinction. Unli.....»»
3D/4D printed bio-piezoelectric scaffolds show potential in bone tissue engineering
Piezoelectricity has been well recognized as the key factor in bone regeneration. However, the current additive-manufactured scaffolds mainly focus on the reconstruction of bionic topological structure and mechanical microenvironment, while the cruci.....»»
A climate expert explains the Northern Hemisphere"s weird, wild summer, and what it means for Australia
The Northern Hemisphere summer has brought one extreme event after another—from heat waves to wildfires and floods. It comes as the world likely heads into an El Niño pattern, which brings a higher chance of hot, dry weather in much of Australia......»»
Preserved presolar silicate grains found in Ryugu samples
A large international team of space scientists and geochemists has found preserved presolar silicate grains in surface samples collected from the Ryugu asteroid by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 in 2018 and 2019 and returned to Earth in 2020. In.....»»
Dangerous heatwaves strike globe as wildfires rage
Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple temperature records as the dire consequences of global warming take shape......»»
Weird Weather Is Making Air Travel Even Worse
Flight delays, cancellations, and violent turbulence are becoming increasingly common as extreme weather ramps up. Things are likely to get worse with climate change......»»
Tidal capture of an asteroid by a magnetar
Recently astronomers have been able to associate two seemingly unrelated phenomena: an explosive event known as a fast radio burst and the change in speed of a spinning magnetar. And now new research suggests that the cause of both of these is the de.....»»
Prehistoric "bone bed" unveiled in Maryland"s Dinosaur Park
When Argentinian geologist Federico Alvarez Hazer immigrated to Baltimore one year ago to live with his wife, he imagined that his days working on fossil dig sites close to home—as he had in South America's Patagonia region—were over......»»
Ice Age saber-tooth cats and dire wolves suffered from diseased joints, research discovers
Ice Age saber-tooth cats and dire wolves experienced a high incidence of bone disease in their joints, according to a study published July 12, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hugo Schmökel of Evidensia Academy, Sweden and colleagues......»»
NASA decides not to launch two already-built asteroid probes
The Janus asteroid probes will remain on Earth. Enlarge / An artist's illustration of NASA's two Janus spacecraft as they would have appeared in space. (credit: Lockheed Martin) Two small spacecraft should have now been.....»»