Credit: NASA It’s becoming increasingly crowded in the orbits around Earth that are popular for space travel. And that’s not just due to satellites—there’s also more waste material, which is compromising safety. Ph.D. candidate Zhuang Tian is conducting research into the legal aspects of discarded space equipment. Whoever leaves debris behind should take responsibility and … Read more
Plymouth State University students Sarah Brigandi, left, and Sammantha Boulay release a weather balloon from Moriarty, New Mexico, to collect atmospheric data on Oct. 14, 2023. Credit: NASA Student teams from three U.S. universities became the first to measure what scientists have long predicted: eclipses can generate ripples in Earth’s atmosphere called atmospheric gravity waves. … Read more
Inabtanin alarabia and Arambourgiania philadelphiae. Credit: Terryl Whitlatch Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. It has long been debated whether the largest pterosaurs could fly at all. However, “remarkable” and “rare” three-dimensional fossils of two different … Read more
Sentinel-2C was the last liftoff for the Vega rocket. After 12 years of service, Vega is being retired to make way for the upgraded Vega-C rocket. Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja Sentinel-2C launched into orbit on 5 September at 03:50 CEST (4 September 22:50 local time) and separated from the Vega rocket at approximately 04:48 CEST. Around … Read more
Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday. And if this sounds familiar, that’s because the records the globe shattered were set just last year as human-caused climate change, with a temporary … Read more
A stylized representation of the intersection between artificial intelligence and molecular biology. The image illustrates neural circuits intertwined with molecular structures, symbolizing the integration of AI-driven computational tools for mapping protein interactions in cancer research. The central blue motif represents a protein binding interaction, highlighting the focus on precision cancer therapies. Credit: Rafael C. Bernardi … Read more
Trends in intimate partner violence by decade and world region. Credit: UNFPA Tens of millions of women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa will experience catastrophic levels of intimate partner violence because the world is failing to make progress on the climate crisis, according to new projections by UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency. … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Thanks so much for reading this article all the way to the end! No, that wasn’t an editorial error. It’s a savvy managerial motivation strategy lurking somewhere in almost every employee’s inbox or Slack channel. Mandy O’Neill, an associate professor of management at the Donald G. Costello College of Business at … Read more
BepiColombo’s closest approach to Mercury. Credit: European Space Agency The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing images of two special impact craters as it uses the little planet’s gravity to steer itself on course to enter orbit around Mercury in November 2026. The closest approach … Read more
The year’s first super typhoon erupted over the steamy waters of the western Pacific Ocean on Thursday as Yagi churned toward an eventual landfall in southern China. Having formed as a tropical cyclone in the Philippine Sea on Sunday, the powerful storm peaked on Thursday afternoon local time with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, … Read more
