NASA finally figured out what’s up with those “Mars spiders”
Dark shapes pictured on the surface of Mars resembling spiders. Image credits: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS. For years, satellites around Mars…
Mars Rover Discovers Mysterious Field of Honeycomb Textures on Red Planet: ‘Took Our Breath Away’
Honeycomb pattern on Mars – Curiosity rover / NASA As NASA’s Curiosity rover ascended the Martian valley named…
Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It…
How Ancient People Moved a 6-Ton Stone 700 Kilometers to Stonehenge
One of Stonehenge’s greatest mysteries may be even more impressive than previously thought. New research suggests the monument’s…
Scientists Tracked These Strange Arctic Icebergs and Found Something Unexpected on the Seafloor
A polar research expedition back in 2021 noticed something weird along the Fram Strait, a marine passage into…
In 2010, Earth’s molten core suddenly reversed direction and scientists don’t know why
A river of molten iron, more than 2,000 kilometers below the surface, appears to have pulled off something…
Scientists Unveil the Hidden Electrical Structure of the U.S., Exposing Serious Risks
Over the course of nearly 20 years, scientists installed and collected data at more than 1,800 magnetotelluric data…
Reduction of tropical cyclone-induced ocean carbon outgassing since 1993
Ciais, P. et al. Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient. Nature…
The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material
During the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert—the world’s very first test…
Antarctic ice-shelf basal melt shaped by competing feedbacks
Morlighem, M. et al. Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice…
Bermuda Triangle Mystery May Finally Be Solved After Stunning Underwater Discovery
For generations, the Bermuda Triangle has occupied a strange place in the modern imagination. Stories of disappearing ships,…
Mining mine wastes for sustainable value creation
Franks, D. M. et al. Sci. Rep. 11, 5353 (2021). Article CAS Google Scholar Lottermoser, B. G. in…