A rocky meteoroid that exploded over Canada last year was more extraordinary than it first appeared: it came from the outer solar system, where scientists thought only icy bodies existed. A cavalcade of professional and amateur astronomers took pictures and videos of the meteorites as it exploded over Alberta. Studying this data, the researchers determined …
From Dean Devlin, the creative mind behind Independence Day and stargatecomes a new sci-fi adventure set in deep space. The Ark is set 100 years in the future, as the crew of the Ark One sets out to find a new home planet, with the fate of mankind at stake. The Ark takes our species …
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Image showing: (a) the conventional (quasi-)1D Luttinger’s liquid with parallel chain networks, (b) the theoretically proposed crossed sliding Luttinger’s liquid model with spatially separated planar parallel chain networks, and (c) the liquid 2D Luttinger in η-Mo4O11, where the orthogonal orbital components of electrons flowing along different chains guarantee the minor inter-lattice interactions. Credit: Du et …
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has had its first glimpse of a long-awaited set of targets – the atmospheres of some of the seven Earth-sized planets surrounding the star TRAPPIST-1, just 12 parsecs (39 years) away. -light) of the Earth. All seven are in or near their star’s habitable zone, where liquid water could …
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The fireball captured by the Global Fireball Observatory camera at Lake Miquelon Provincial Park, Alberta. Credit: University of Alberta Western researchers have shown that a fireball that originated on the outskirts of the solar system was likely made of rock, not ice, challenging long-held beliefs about the formation of the solar system. Just at the …
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Samples of the asteroid Ryugu analyzed at the IPGP. Credit: © IPGP Nearly two years after the Japanese mission Hayabusa2 returned to Earth, samples from the asteroid Ryugu continue to reveal valuable information about the history of the early solar system. A study conducted by scientists from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, …
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Tasmania’s ‘fractured’ wildlife protection system and lack of carers are to blame for the suffering sick, injured or orphaned animals. Key points: Tasmania and the New South Wales Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) are working to place injured wildlife with caregivers However, there are not enough caregivers to meet the demand Tasmania’s Wildlife …
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Geologist studies asteroids and moon dust to decode the history of the solar system WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michelle Thompson is a geologist. But while “geo” means earth, it studies decidedly supernatural, or at least extraterrestrial things: the moon and asteroids. “I study space weathering: how space environments affect tiny mineral particles on planetary surfaces,” …
