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Earth Sciences Jul 29, 2024

Can high-altitude balloons help predict wildfires?

Schmid College of Science and Technology Associate Professor Joshua Fisher is a co-investigator on a groundbreaking three-year project, which, led by the stratospheric and remote sensing company Urban Sky, aims to predict ...

Space Exploration Jul 29, 2024

Two meteor showers will flash across the sky around the same time in late July

Get ready for a meteor shower doubleheader.

Environment Jul 28, 2024

AI-powered weather and climate models are set to change the future of forecasting, researchers say

A new system for forecasting weather and predicting future climate uses artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve results comparable with the best existing models while using much less computer power, according to its creators.

Environment Jul 28, 2024

New research shows how global warming is messing with our rainfall

The past century of human-induced warming has increased rainfall variability over 75% of the Earth's land area—particularly over Australia, Europe and eastern North America, new research shows.

Astronomy Jul 28, 2024

Hubble images NGC 3430, a classic spiral galaxy

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor.

Astronomy Jul 27, 2024

A cave discovered on the moon opens up new opportunities for settlement by humans

Almost 55 years after the launch of Apollo 11—the first mission to land humans on the moon—scientists have found evidence of a large cave system near the landing site of those astronauts.

Ecology Jul 27, 2024

Ghosts of species past: Shedding new light on the demise of NZ's moa can help other flightless birds

New Zealand was once home to giant flightless birds called moa. They had grown accustomed to life without predators. So the arrival of humans in the mid-13th century presented a massive—and ultimately insurmountable—challenge ...

Other Jul 27, 2024

Saturday Citations: E-bike accident spike; epigenetics in memory formation; Komodo dragons now scarier

This week, we reported on new epigenetic findings in memory formation as well as a dramatic spike in micromobility-related head injuries, so there's a whole lot of head-related science on the front burner these days. There ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 27, 2024

NASA Mars rover captures rock that could hold fossilized microbes

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has made what could be its most astonishing discovery to date: possible signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

Space Exploration Jul 27, 2024

Spacecraft to swing by Earth, moon on path to Jupiter

A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the moon next month in a high-stakes, world-first maneuver as it pinballs its way through the solar system to Jupiter.

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