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Space Exploration Oct 10, 2023

Want to explore Neptune? Use Triton's atmosphere to put on the brakes

Aerobraking is commonly used to slow down spacecraft when they arrive at various planetary systems. It requires a spacecraft to dip into the atmosphere of a celestial body in the planetary system, such as a moon or the planet ...

Planetary Sciences Oct 4, 2023

Creating a 3D model of methane lake impact on local weather on Titan

A team of Earth and planetary scientists from the Southwest Research Institute, Yale University, Université Paris-Saclay, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and Sorbonne Université has created a 3D ...

Archaeology Sep 30, 2023

Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the days-long barrage that marked ...

Biotechnology Sep 21, 2023

Innovative solution for poultry litter waste management uses photocatalytic titanate nanofibers

The shift away from using poultry litter for crop fertilization has transformed this once-valuable agricultural byproduct into an environmental liability for poultry producers. Addressing this challenge, a study led by Dr. ...

Social Sciences Sep 19, 2023

Shops and restaurants can help blur class lines, but interactions may not be meaningful enough to boost social mobility

"Titanic," James Cameron's 1997 multi-Oscar-winning movie, focused on the tragic love story of itinerant artist Jack and upper-class socialite Rose. Among their other on-board adventures, they dined in the first-class section ...

Astronomy Sep 13, 2023

Titanic galaxy cluster collision in the early universe challenges standard cosmology

A collision of two massive clusters of galaxies when the universe was half its current age should not have happened according to the standard theory of cosmology, says a new study by an international group of astronomers, ...

Materials Science Aug 11, 2023

Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials

Systems in the universe trend toward disorder, with only applied energy keeping the chaos at bay. The concept is called entropy, and examples can be found everywhere: ice melting, campfire burning, water boiling. Zentropy ...

Space Exploration Aug 10, 2023

Virgin Galactic's first space tourists finally soar, an Olympian and a mother-daughter duo

Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.

Space Exploration Aug 10, 2023

Virgin Galactic takes off with its first tourists on flight to the edge of space

Virgin Galactic is taking its first space tourists on a long-delayed rocket ship ride, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.

Earth Sciences Aug 2, 2023

Dune patterns reveal environmental change on Earth and other planets

Dunes, the mounds of sand formed by the wind that vary from ripples on the beach to towering behemoths in the desert, are incarnations of surface processes, climate change, and the surrounding atmosphere. For decades, scientists ...

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