The solitary researcher—separated from the world and the rest of the larger scientific community—is a classic but misguided image. Research, in reality, is based on constant exchange within the scientific community: First you understand the work of others, and then you share your findings. Reading and writing articles published in academic journals and presented at… Read More »
With less than a month until the start of summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has experienced an extreme heat wave. By early July, millions of people in the western U.S. were under heat warnings or sweating from humid heat in the East. Death Valley reached a dangerous 129 degrees Fahrenheit (53.9… Read More »
The solitary researcher—separated from the world and the rest of the larger scientific community—is a classic but misguided image. Research, in reality, is based on constant exchange within the scientific community: First you understand the work of others, and then you share your findings. Reading and writing articles published in academic journals and presented at… Read More »
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have observed the dramatic “dance” between a supermassive black hole and two satellite galaxies. The observations could help scientists better understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes grew in the early universe. This particular supermassive black hole feeds off of its surrounding matter, powering a bright quasar… Read More »
Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket has finally taken flight, carrying the hopes of a continent on its broad back. Ariane 6 launched for the first time today (July 9) at 15:01 CET (19:01 GMT) from the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana, Europe. This first flight had a big payoff: It came a year after the… Read More »
Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding the ice giant Uranus and its faint radiation belts. The belts’ weakness may be linked to the planet’s peculiarly tilted and unstable magnetic field, which could be causing a “traffic jam” for particles orbiting Earth. The mystery dates back to Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in January… Read More »
Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket, years behind schedule, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, blasting off from the European Space Agency’s forested launch pad in French Guiana in a bid to restore Europeans’ independent access to space. Faced with increasingly fierce international competition, European space agencies see Ariane 6 as a critical tool to reestablish… Read More »
The call from the moon is clear – try to find my water ice. There’s a possibility that large amounts of water ice could be lurking at the bottom of craters at the Moon’s south pole. Pardon my cosmic jargon but these extremely cold features – “where Sun “don’t shine” – labeled permanently shadowed regions,… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. A volcanic eruption nearly half a billion years ago near a shallow sea in what is now Morocco has preserved some of the most complete specimens ever found of insect-like marine creatures called trilobites, revealing… Read More »
Do you want your burger rare, well done or lab-grown? South Korean researchers say they have developed a new way to make lab-grown meat taste like real meat. It may look like a transparent, bubblegum-pink disc, but scientists hope it could revolutionise the meat on people’s plates. Lab-grown meat—also called cultured meat or cell-based meat—is… Read More »