When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A three-colour image of the galaxy ESO 428-G14 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. | Credit: NASA/ESA/JWST Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to image the dust and gas structure around a distant supermassive black… Read More »
A 13-month period in which the Earth broke new average temperature records ended in July as the natural El Nino climate pattern weakened, European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday. But the average temperature for July 2024 narrowly beat that of July the previous year, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changed… Read More »
While NASA discusses Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft safety After multiple helium leaks and thruster problems, the agency is getting “more serious” about a backup plan to bring the ship’s two crew members back on board Return to Earth Officials said they were inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon on Wednesday. In this case – and no final… Read More »
NASA is considering keeping the two astronauts who carried the Boeing capsule to the International Space Station there until February because of problems the spacecraft experienced during flight. The agency said Wednesday that it was still evaluating options for returning NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely to Earth and that no plans had… Read More »
Parasites wreak havoc on human and veterinary health, but researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become friends and foes. New research published in Nature Microbiology has pioneered the use of a single-celled parasite. Toxoplasma gondiito inject therapeutic proteins into brain cells. The brain is… Read More »
The extreme weather events that have hit parts of the U.S. in recent weeks show that it doesn’t take a single major hurricane to cause significant damage, including the heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby that has hit parts of the Southeast. After hitting Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, the slow-moving system remained over… Read More »
Tropical Storm Debby was moving so slowly that the Olympians could overtake it as it passes through the Southeast in early August 2024. That gave its rain time to flood cities and farms across large parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. More than a foot of rain fell in some areas early on August… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Levena Lindahl closes all rooms during the summer months, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets for air conditioning to manage the monthly cost of electricity. But heat still gets in. “Going up there is like walking into soup. It’s so hot,” Lindahl said. “If I walk past the attic upstairs, you… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Separated at birth? Earth next to its “evil twin” Venus. | Credit: Robert Lea (Created with Canva)/NASA Earth and its inhospitable “evil twin” may have been brought even closer together, new research suggests. Today, Venus appears to lack the… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: NOAA/Nick Underwood Tropical storm systems can be extremely dangerous, so having accurate data about them is critical. Weather forecasters and researchers rely on imagery and data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental… Read More »