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KYBURZ, Calif. -- On a steep mountainside where walls of flames torched the forest on their way toward Lake Tahoe in 2021, blackened trees stand in silhouette against a gray sky.
“If you can find a live tree, point to it,” Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher at the University of California, Dav... | Environmental Science |
Germicidal UV Lights May Produce Indoor Air Pollutants. In the ongoing battle against infectious diseases like Covid-19 and the flu, measures like mask-wearing and isolation have taken center stage.
But there’s another crucial tool in the arsenal: ultraviolet germicidal UV lights, which help reduce airborne pathogens.
... | Environmental Science |
For the first time, researchers from the University of Toronto, Indiana University, and the University of Notre Dame have discovered the presence of harmful PFAS chemicals in Canadian fast-food packaging. These chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been found in water-and-grease repellent paper ... | Environmental Science |
Pottery becomes water treatment device for Navajo nation
Large chunks of the Navajo Nation in the Southwest lack access to clean drinkable water, a trend that has been rising in many parts of the U.S. in recent years. A research team led by engineers with The University of Texas at Austin is changing that.
The team has... | Environmental Science |
California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires
For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams, leading to flooding in neighborhoods and farms. But the animal is increasingly being seen as nature's helper ... | Environmental Science |
Research Open Access Published: 11 October 2022 Jill L. Reiter2, Igor Zakharevich1, Cathy Proctor3, Jun Ying4, Robin Mesnage5, Michael Antoniou5 & …Paul D. Winchester3 Environmental Health volume 21, Article number: 95 (2022) Cite this article 1698 Accesses 196 Altmetric Metrics details AbstractBackgroundPrenatal glyp... | Environmental Science |
Heat-loving marine bacteria can help detoxify asbestos
Asbestos materials were once widely used in homes, buildings, automobile brakes and many other built materials due to their strength and resistance to heat and fire, as well as to their low electrical conductivity. Unfortunately, asbestos exposure through inhalatio... | Environmental Science |
Electric roads would pave the way for smaller car batteries, shows modeling study
If an electric car charges while driving, the size of the battery can be reduced by up to 70 percent, and the load on the power grid can be spread out over the day. Charging on the move suits most people, but not everyone. This is shown b... | Environmental Science |
By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, PFAS have been found in rain in TibetNew research shows that rainwater in most locations on Earth contains levels of chemicals that "greatly exceed" safety levels.These synthetic substances called PFAS are used in non-stick pans, fire-figh... | Environmental Science |
Humans have increased the concentration of potentially toxic mercury in the atmosphere sevenfold since the beginning of the modern era around 1500 C.E., according to new research from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
The research team, led by Elsie M. Sunderland, the Fred K... | Environmental Science |
From Annapolis to the Arctic: Research schooner begins journey to examine the effects of climate change
In the sunlight of a May afternoon on the Chesapeake Bay, a 72-foot schooner called the Marie Tharp floated above a shipwreck from long ago.
The boat's instruments were hard at work, mapping the ruins of the sunken w... | Environmental Science |
New study shows social media content opens new frontiers for sustainability science researchers
With more than half of the world’s population active on social media networks, user-generated data has proved to be fertile ground for social scientists who study attitudes about the environment and sustainability.
But sever... | Environmental Science |
PFAS found in blood of dogs, horses living near Fayetteville, NC
In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University detected elevated PFAS levels in the blood of pet dogs and horses from Gray's Creek, N.C.—including dogs that only drank bottled water. The work establishes horses as an important sentinel s... | Environmental Science |
Rich industrialised countries responsible for excessive levels of greenhouse gas emissions could be liable to pay $170tn in climate reparations by 2050 to ensure targets to curtail climate breakdown are met, a new study calculates.
The proposed compensation, which amounts to almost $6tn annually, would be paid to histo... | Environmental Science |
Study: Streamflow timing in Pakistan will become three times faster by end of century
Nature has remained in balance for a long time, but climate change due to modern human activities is disrupting the balance of the natural system. The disruption makes it more difficult for humans—who must work with nature to survive—... | Environmental Science |
BOSTON -- When it comes to hurricanes, New England can't compete with Florida or the Caribbean.
But scientists said Friday the arrival of storms like Hurricane Lee this weekend could become more common in the region as the planet warms, including in places such as the Gulf of Maine.
Lee remained a Category 1 hurricane ... | Environmental Science |
The parkway in front of Marco De La Rosa’s home remains bare.There isn’t a sapling to bloom in spring or a shade tree to temper the summer heat along this stretch of seven properties in a row in Gage Park, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the Southwest Side.De La Rosa tried to change that. More than 2 ½ years a... | Environmental Science |
Researchers find Asian Americans to have significantly higher exposure to 'toxic forever' chemicals
Asian Americans have significantly higher exposure than other ethnic or racial groups to PFAS, a family of thousands of synthetic chemicals also known as "toxic forever" chemicals, Mount Sinai-led researchers report.
Peo... | Environmental Science |
Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study published on Thursday, though they say more research is needed to understand how many homes have leaks.In the study, published in Environmental Science and Technology on Thursday, researchers also estimated that over 4 t... | Environmental Science |
Study uses pine slash to improve soil
Pine slash—a major problem after recent flooding events—could be chipped and used to rehabilitate soil, new research from the University of Canterbury and ESR suggests.
University of Canterbury Master's student Mingyuan (Kathy) Liu has been investigating the use of pine waste mixed... | Environmental Science |
Using fertilisers derived from human faeces and urine can be as productive as conventional organic ones, with no risk of transmitting disease, according to new research.It may seem unappetising, but humans have been using human waste as a fertiliser for thousands of years because it contains the key nutrients that plan... | Environmental Science |
A Proposal to Decouple Food Systems From Deforestation in Brazil
At the 2023 Global Public Policy Network Conference (GPPN) in March, five students from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs were selected as finalists for their policy proposal to tackle deforestation in Brazil.
This year’s co... | Environmental Science |
Plant ecophysiologist Felicity Hayes places a damaged leaf of a Silver Birch tree inside a LI-COR analyser at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology research site near Bangor, Britain, July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Phil NobleRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comABERGWYNGREGYN, Wales, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Plant ... | Environmental Science |
NEWS AND VIEWS 07 December 2022 Modelling reveals that the carbon emissions associated with plastics could be negative by 2100 under a strict set of technological and socio-economic conditions — including increased recycling and plant-derived production. Sangwon Suh Sangwon Suh is in the Bren School of Environmental Sc... | Environmental Science |
In August 2020, following a period of prolonged drought and intense rainfall, a dam situated near the Seomjin River in Korea experienced overflow during a water release, resulting in damages exceeding 100 billion won (USD 76 million). The flooding was attributed to maintaining the dam's water level 6 meters higher than... | Environmental Science |
From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although many studies show microfibers are released during machine washing, it’s been less clear how hand washing contributes. Now, ... | Environmental Science |
Whenever a plastic bag or bottle degrades, it breaks into ever smaller pieces that work their way into nooks in the environment. When you wash synthetic fabrics, tiny plastic fibers break loose and flow out to sea. When you drive, plastic bits fly off your tires and brakes. That’s why literally everywhere scientists lo... | Environmental Science |
Fine particulate matter comes from wood burning, power generation, motor vehicles and other combustion sources that emit tiny particles into the air. At only 2.5 micrometers or smaller, these particles are small enough to be inhaled and cause lasting damage to the heart and lungs. Known as PM2.5, exposure to these part... | Environmental Science |
A wheat sample exposed to increased levels of Ozone is seen at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology research site near Bangor, Britain, July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Phil NobleRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comABERGWYNGREGYN, Wales, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Plant scientist Felicity Hayes checks on her crops in... | Environmental Science |
Study: Mercury emission estimates rarely provide enough data to assess success in eliminating harmful mining practices
A global treaty called the Minamata Convention requires gold-mining countries to regularly report the amount of toxic mercury that miners are using to find and extract gold, designed to help nations ga... | Environmental Science |
New Antarctic extremes 'virtually certain' as world warms
Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heat waves and ice loss will almost certainly become more common and more severe, researchers say.
With drastic action now needed to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C, the scientists warn that ... | Environmental Science |
'Ultrashort' PFAS compounds detected in people and their homes
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become ubiquitous throughout the environment, and increasing evidence has demonstrated their deleterious effects. A group of smaller, fluorinated compounds are becoming replacements for these "forever chemical... | Environmental Science |
After puzzling scientists for decades, researchers have finally figured out what's making Bavaria's wild boars radioactive, even as other animals show few signs of contamination.
Turns out, the animals are still significantly contaminated with radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons detonated over 60 years ago — not j... | Environmental Science |
What Happens In Antarctica, Doesn’t Stay In Antarctica
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- We hear a lot about climate wake-up calls. Here’s one you would do well not to ignore: Antarctica had the most extreme heatwave ever recorded.
In March 2022, east Antarctica saw temperatures of up to 38.5C (101.3F) higher than average for the... | Environmental Science |
Hair products often contain ingredients that easily evaporate, so users may inhale some of these chemicals, potentially posing health repercussions. Now, researchers have studied emissions of these volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including siloxanes, which shine and smooth hair. The scientists report in ACS' Environ... | Environmental Science |
Gowanus Canal Visit Offers an Educational Opportunity to Environmental Science and Policy Students
For the past several years, Michael Musso, a lecturer in environmental health sciences and international and public affairs at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and Steven Chillrud, a research professor in geoch... | Environmental Science |
When it comes to the United States phasing out PFAS, the “forever chemicals” are true to their nickname in more ways than one. It’s not going to be straightforward or swift to eliminate these substances from countless industries, even though they have been potentially linked to myriad health issues.
Found in products l... | Environmental Science |
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are adding to their list of consumer products that contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a toxic class of fluorine compounds known as "forever chemicals."
In a new study published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters, fluorinated high-density polyethy... | Environmental Science |
More than 5,000 tons of toxic chemicals released from consumer products every year inside Californian homes, workplaces
People often assume that the products they use every day are safe. Now a new study by Silent Spring Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, exposes how much people come into contact with... | Environmental Science |
For many people, a bout of Covid-19 gave a first taste (or rather a lack of it) of what it is like to lose their sense of smell. Known as "anosmia", loss of smell can have a substantial effect on our overall wellbeing and quality of life. But while a sudden respiratory infection might lead to a temporary loss of this i... | Environmental Science |
It turns out that there were five votes on the Supreme Court to support the notion that the Clean Water Act doesn't say what it clearly says and doesn't mean what it clearly means. The carefully manufactured conservative majority cracked enough to let Justice Brett Kavanaugh, of all people, sneak away. But, on Thursday... | Environmental Science |
Shaggy-haired, tusked pigs roam free in the woods of Germany and Austria. Although these game animals look fine, some contain radioactive cesium at levels that render their meat unsafe to eat. Previously, scientists hypothesized that the contamination stemmed from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. But no... | Environmental Science |
Palaeontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution.
Previous studies suggested that ancient feathers had a different composition to the feathers of birds today. The new research, however, reveals that the p... | Environmental Science |
Toilet paper is an unexpected source of PFAS in wastewater, study says
Wastewater can provide clues about a community's infectious disease status, and even its prescription and illicit drug use. But looking at sewage also provides information on persistent and potentially harmful compounds, such as per- and polyfluoroa... | Environmental Science |
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Temple of the Great Jaguar at Tikal, a UNESCO world heritage site in Guatemala. Image credit: Leonid Andronov,/ Shutterstock.com A new review shows that the soil in the cities of the ancient Maya are heavily polluted with mercury. As vessels filled with mercury and objects ... | Environmental Science |
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As Amherst, Mass., writes its rules for where to put solar, some local environmentalists worry about farmland and forests getting lost to solar projects. Other local environmentalists worry that overly restrictive solar rules would limit the town's ability to figh... | Environmental Science |
Manganese in Central Valley water threatens fetuses and children
Water in California's Central Valley contains enough manganese to cause cognitive disabilities and motor control issues in children, and Parkinson's-like symptoms in adults.
A naturally occurring metal, manganese is found in water supplies throughout the ... | Environmental Science |
Scientists show how Acetobacterium helps break down butadiene
1,3-butadiene (BD) is widely used in the production of rubber, thermoplastic resins and nylon. Long-term exposure to BD-contaminated environments can cause eye pain, blurred vision, coughing and drowsiness, and increase the incidence of leukemia. The Interna... | Environmental Science |
Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021.Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday launched an office that will focus on supporting and delive... | Environmental Science |
Forget what the sleek ships of Star Trek would have you believe, it turns out humanity's most famous spacecraft is even dustier than the average home.
The International Space Station (ISS) may not be a hunk of junk, but - 25 years after its initial launch - it's become chock-full of potentially harmful chemicals.
In ... | Environmental Science |
The expansion of the universe could be a mirage, a potentially controversial new study suggests. This rethinking of the cosmos also suggests solutions for the puzzles of dark energy and dark matter, which scientists believe account for around 95% of the universe's total energy and matter but remain shrouded in mystery.... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Nasa has released an image of far-flung galaxies as they were 13bn years ago, the first glimpse from the most powerful telescope ever launched into space that promises to reshape our understanding of the dawn of the universe itself.The small slice of the universe, called SMACS 0723, has been captured in sharp detail by... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first peek at the distant universe unveiled galaxies that appear too big to exist.
Six galaxies that formed in the universe’s first 700 million years seem to be up to 100 times more massive than standard cosmological theories predict, astronomer Ivo Labbé and colleagues report February ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Back in the mid-1990s, cosmologists—who study the origin, composition and structure of the universe—were beginning to worry that they were facing a crisis. For starters, two astronomers had observed that a huge swath of the cosmos, a billion light-years or so across, was moving in a direction inconsistent with the gene... | Cosmology & The Universe |
If you've been following the astronomy community on Twitter or, perhaps, Captain America himself, you've likely come across a story about the James Webb Space Telescope's latest find: The "oldest galaxy we've ever seen."This is exactly what we were promised from the James Webb Space Telescope. Only a week ago, the worl... | Cosmology & The Universe |
A first-of-its-kind experiment simulating the cosmos with ultracold potassium atoms suggests that in a curved, expanding universe pairs of particles pop up out of empty space Physics 9 November 2022 An experiment with cold atoms suggests that particles pop up out of empty spacevitacop / Alamy Stock Photo
An analogue of... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The print that artist Erika Blumenfeld shows me is an expanse of deep blue, a rich color that speaks of romance and night. It’s stippled with gold marks, some as lines, some as arrows, some as dots. Her art is formed by ink on paper—but it’s rooted in century-old artifacts, inspired by unsung astronomy pioneers, and an... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Three scientists have won $100,000 for their work on new ways to study the large-scale structure of the universe — the enormous tendrils of criss-crossing matter which hide evidence of our universe's fundamental forces.
Mikhail Ivanov, of MIT, Oliver Philcox, of Columbia University and the Simons Foundation, and Marko ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Three scientists have won $100,000 for their work on new ways to study the large-scale structure of the universe — the enormous tendrils of criss-crossing matter which hide evidence of our universe's fundamental forces.
Mikhail Ivanov, of MIT, Oliver Philcox, of Columbia University and the Simons Foundation, and Marko ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
New map of the universe’s cosmic growth supports Einstein’s theory of gravity
For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos.
Unlike ancient philosophers imagining the universe’s origins, modern cosmologists use quantitative tools to gain insights into its evolution and structure. Modern cosm... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Published July 12, 2022 6:12PM North Texans eager to learn more about space with new James Webb Telescope images The Hubble Telescope was highly successful, but it is aging. The new replacement is providing the deepest view of the cosmos we've ever seen before. FORT WORTH, Texas - NASA has released more stunning images... | Cosmology & The Universe |
According to the BBC, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile has traced the distribution of dark matter "on a quarter of the sky and across almost 14 billion years of time." From the report: In the image [here], the colored areas are the portions of the sky studied by the telescope. Orange regions show where th... | Cosmology & The Universe |
After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine
Here's looking at Euclid
Astronomers are breathing a sigh of relief that the 600-megapixel Euclid wide-angle space telescope's instruments appear to be working well, despite discovering a gap in the orbiter's hull that allowed sunlight t... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The problem with studying the universe around us is that it is simply too big. The stars overhead remain too far away to interact with directly, so we are relegated to testing our theories on the formation of the galaxies based on observable data.
Simulating these celestial bodies on computers has proven an immensely u... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The images from the James Webb Space Telescope show our solar system’s largest planet in stunning detail, providing a valuable glimpse of the inner workings of the gas giant. In this wide-field view, Webb sees Jupiter with its faint rings, which are a million times fainter than the planet, and two tiny moons called Ama... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Using supernovae to study neutrinos’ strange properties
New study offers hope to long-standing scientific problem
In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with themselves.
One of the... | Cosmology & The Universe |
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Science & Astronomy The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured its first image of the solar system ice giant Neptune, revealing the planet in a whole new light.The image gives astronomers their best look at Neptune's icy rings for 32 years, since the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past the planet on its wa... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Galactic explosion offers astrophysicists new insight into the cosmos
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope's first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy.
The study, published recently in the Ast... | Cosmology & The Universe |
By Ivan Baldry - professor of Astrophysics, Liverpool John Moores UniversityScientists have long tried to explain the origin of a mysterious, large and anomalously cold region of the sky. In 2015, they came close to figuring it out as a study showed it to be a “supervoid” in which the density of galaxies is much lower ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, in a composite made from images at different wavelengths taken with a Near-Infrared Camera ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Scientists could soon test Einstein's theory of general relativity by measuring the distortion of time.
According to new research published June 22 in the journal Nature Astronomy, the newly proposed method turns the edge of space and time into a vast cosmic lab to investigate if general relativity can account for dark... | Cosmology & The Universe |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA released the latest image from its James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday, showing tens of thousands of young stars in a stellar nursery dubbed the "Cosmic Tarantula."The nebula, located 161,000 light-years away, is the largest star-forming region of all galaxies close to... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Space September 1, 2022 / 8:19 PM / CBS News New James Webb Space Telescope images released Images from James Webb Space Telescope reveal more of the universe 05:27 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of a planet located outside of our solar system. NASA on Thursday revealed images of ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Egyptian-American astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance’s debut memoir, Starstruck, offers a window on what it is like growing up to be a scientist today as a woman of colour. Nance, 30, is a passionate communicator of cosmology, and an advocate for women’s health, after a preventive double mastectomy. The book intert... | Cosmology & The Universe |
In late 2021, Salvatore Torquato, on sabbatical from Princeton's Department of Chemistry, reached across the aisle as it were and invited a young astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study to apply the tools of statistical mechanics to his own work on the distribution of galaxies.
The astrophysicist, Oliver Phi... | Cosmology & The Universe |
By Janie Hoormann - The University of QueenslandBlack holes can form when a massive star dies. Stars have a lot of mass which means there is a lot of gravity pulling in on the star. Gravity is the same force that keeps you on Earth so you don’t float into space! These stars are also made up of very hot gas which lets o... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Earth has been hit by blast of energy from a dead star so powerful that scientists can't fully explain it.
The intense gamma rays – detected using a vast system of telescopes in Namibia – would sizzle humans to a crisp if we were exposed to them.
They originate from the Vela Pulsar around 1,000 light years from Earth... | Cosmology & The Universe |
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News The simulation shows the moon forming from the shattered remains of Theia and parts of Earth's ejected mantle.
(Image credit: Dr Jacob Kegerreis ) The moon could have formed immediately after a cataclysmic impact that tore off a chunk of Earth and hurled it into space, a new study has suggested.Since the mid-... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Scientists leading the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope mission have just released its breathtaking first science images, taken only four months after launch. These new space photos reveal spectacular snapshots of the vast structure of the cosmos, including a massive galaxy cluster in the Perseus constell... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The image, known as “Webb’s First Deep Field,” will be the deepest and highest-resolution view of the universe ever captured. Biden is scheduled to release it on Monday.July 10, 2022, 10:00 PM UTCPresident Joe Biden will unveil the much-anticipated first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Monday... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center. Sutter is also host of Ask a Spaceman, We Don't Planet and COSI Science Now. Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
The Earth is mediocre, but not in the way you might t... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Some stellar objects spin hundreds of times per second. What mechanism initializes this phenomenon and how is it maintained with such precision over long periods of time?
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The first part of your question — how stellar objects reach millisecond spin periods — involves two concepts. First, t... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The expansion of the universe could be a mirage, a potentially controversial new study suggests. This rethinking of the cosmos also suggests solutions for the puzzles of dark energy and dark matter, which scientists believe account for around 95% of the universe's total energy and matter but remain shrouded in mystery.... | Cosmology & The Universe |
, /PRNewswire/ -- Black holes potentially have an even larger influence on the galaxies around them than we thought. And the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) provided a new way to look at their impact.
Researchers used SOFIA to measure the magnetic fields of nine active galactic nuclei to study ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
NASA's highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope has captured an extremely detailed image of thousands of never-before-seen young stars in a region known as the Tarantula Nebula.Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is around 160,000 light years from Earth, the nebula, also known as stellar nursery 30 Doradus,... | Cosmology & The Universe |
This week the James Webb Space Telescope made history, proving itself to be the most powerful space-based observatory humanity has ever built and revealing a tiny sliver of the vast universe around us in breathtaking detail. Astronomers the world over have been shown cheering, in floods of tears and lost for words. Ast... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The James Webb Space Telescope cost taxpayers $10 billion. For that considerable sum, we’ve recently been treated to some spectacular photos of the cosmos. Judging by the comments of my friends, the reaction to these views has been wonder, even if few know their scientific significance.But are the beautiful photos wort... | Cosmology & The Universe |
ANU astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker says the new images released by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope provide a “snapshot of the true history of the universe”. “So, when we saw that first image released of all of these clusters in a galaxy, we are literally seeing it billions of years ago – it has ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — For the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has detected a lone object drifting through our Milky Way galaxy – the invisible, ghostly remains of a once radiant star... | Cosmology & The Universe |
This is where Perseverance found more organic matter than ever on Mars Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Investigating the site of an ancient river delta, the Perseverance rover has collected some of t... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Scientists are using atomic clocks to investigate some of the universe's greatest mysteries, including the nature of dark matter, in a laboratory. In the process, they say they're bringing cosmology and astrophysics "down to Earth."
The project, which is a collaboration between the University of Sussex and the National... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The Webb Space Telescope caught Mars in two different wavelengths using the Near-Infrared Camera.Graphic: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Mars JWST/GTO teamThe Webb Space Telescope has amazed us with pictures of distant galaxies and glittering nebulae, but now it’s returned its first images of our solar system neighbor Mars. Th... | Cosmology & The Universe |
NASA released the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday, images the space agency says are the deepest and highest resolution ever taken of the universe.The images capture dying stars, nebulas, colliding galaxies and more. Besides being breathtaking, what do these images mean?The James We... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The universe may have started with a dark Big Bang
The Big Bang may have not been alone. The appearance of all the particles and radiation in the universe may have been joined by another Big Bang that flooded our universe with dark matter particles. And we may be able to detect it.
In the standard cosmological picture ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
By Layne Cameron - Michigan State UniversityHigh-speed lasers are helping to shine a spotlight on the unusual chemistry of the molecule that made the universe, Trihydrogen, or H3+. Image Credit: Wikilmages via Pixabay, edited by Universal-Sci H3+ is prevalent in the universe, the Milky Way, gas giants, and the Earth’s ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
By Paul Kyberd - Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics Informatics, Brunel University London The epoch of the leptons existed for nine seconds after the Big Bang - Image Credit: Yinweichen Simon Villeneuve via Wikimedia Commons It is often claimed that the Ancient Greeks were the first to identify objects that have no si... | Cosmology & The Universe |
Artist rendering of Uranus - Image Credit: buradaki via Shutterstock If you’ve got really good eyesight and can find a place where the light pollution is non-existent, you might be able to see Uranus without a telescope. It’s only possible with the right conditions, and if you know exactly where to look. And for thousa... | Cosmology & The Universe |
We’ve now seen farther, deeper and more clearly into space than ever before. The first image from the James Webb Space Telescope, released in a White House briefing on July 11, shows thousands of distant galaxies. The galaxies captured here lie behind a cluster of galaxies about 4.6 billion light-years away. The mass f... | Cosmology & The Universe |
The James Webb space telescope has turned its gaze away from the deep universe towards our home solar system, capturing an image of a luminous Neptune and its delicate, dusty rings in detail not seen in decades.The last time astronomers had such a clear view of the farthest planet from the sun was when Nasa’s Voyager 2... | Cosmology & The Universe |
A team of astrophysicists has revealed an unusual discovery they say appears to challenge our current understanding of gravity based on Newton’s law of universal gravitation, according to a newly published paper.
The controversial claim, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, appears to be ... | Cosmology & The Universe |
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