China’s Renewables Boom Faces Record Clean Power Curtailments
Grid constraints and rising coal-fired power generation in China led to soaring curtailment rates of solar and wind…
JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune’s tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today’s moons may be rubble from Neptune’s original satellite system, destroyed when the captured moon Triton tore through it billions of years ago.
The clay is the clue. Larissa and Galatea are two small, dark moons tucked close to Neptune, where…
Scientists Reprogram How Light Travels in Just 74 Femtoseconds
Researchers have shown that nanoscale silicon structures can amplify an otherwise weak optical effect enough to control light…
It spans over 1 million acres, contains rare creatures and is the only place on Earth where two watery, deadly apex predators clash
Sometimes referred to as the ‘river of grass’, the Everglades National Park is a subtropical wetland spanning 1.5…
NASA Challenge: Wheel Designs for Moon Base Mobility
NASA engineers, NASA Robotics Academy students, and teams from the Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge pose with…
UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans | Drought
The UK government has been accused of a lack of transparency and of acting irresponsibly for refusing to…
On this day in space! Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall Discovers the Martian moon Phobos
On Aug. 17, 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars’s moon Phobos. Moons of Mars: Amazing Photos of…
Shortcut for simulating logical magic states could accelerate the design of fault-tolerant quantum computers – Physics World
Shortcut for simulating logical magic states could accelerate the design of fault-tolerant quantum computers – Physics World Skip…
Giant Crocodiles Once Preyed on Massive Mammals in South America
Paleontologists have uncovered the first direct physical evidence that colossal prehistoric crocodiles hunted large plant-eating mammals in what…
A spacecraft is on its way to study Jupiter’s moon for signs of life in water plumes – but they might not even be there
The scientists who helped find one of the most intriguing features of Jupiter’s moon Europa – giant plumes…
Is the world experiencing more earthquakes now than before? | Earthquakes News
In the past month, three earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above have struck Indonesia, Colombia and Mexico, killing…
A ‘river’ of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by…