Abnormally hot air has hit both of the world’s poles at once, while the extent of Arctic sea ice appears to have been historically low this winter. Temperature records were broken in Antarctica as warm air swept unusually far into the heart of the continent. Concordia station, which is high Read more…
NASA JPL announced a cosmic milestone with the confirmed discovery of over 5,000 exoplanets (planets located outside our solar system). A new batch of 65 planets joined the NASA Exoplanet Archive on Monday, triggering a celebratory mood. “It’s not just a number,” Exoplanet Archive science lead Jessie Christiansen said in Read more…
“The coldest location on the planet has experienced an episode of warm weather this week unlike any ever observed, with temperatures over the eastern Antarctic ice sheet soaring 50 to 90 degrees above normal,” reports the Washington Post. “The warmth has smashed records and shocked scientists.” “This event is completely Read more…
“A wild new theory suggests there may be another ‘anti-universe,’ running backward in time prior to the Big Bang,” writes Live Science, citing a new paper recently accepted for publication in the journal Annals of Physics. The idea assumes that the early universe was small, hot and dense — and Read more…
Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station last night for a six-month stay, writess the Times of London. They were wearing flight suits “in the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag, in what appeared to be a daring statement against the war.” Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, the Soyuz Read more…
The U.S. government is warning of “possible threats” to satellite communication networks amid fears that recent attacks on satellite networks in Europe, sparked by the war in Ukraine, could soon spread to the United States. A joint CISA-FBI advisory published this week urges satellite communication (SATCOM) network providers and critical Read more…
On Thursday, NASA’s new giant rocket, the Space Launch System, emerged out into the Florida air, embarking on a torturously slow 11-hour journey to its primary launchpad at Kennedy Space Center. It was a big moment for NASA, having spent more than a decade on the development of this rocket, Read more…