Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »
colonial faux gold coral savalia Bioluminescence demonstrated in the Caribbean in 2009. Sönke Johnsen, CC BY-ND Octocorals can create coral gardens and animal forests in the oceans, especially in the deep sea. These communities provide homes and breeding habitat for many other animals, including fish and sharks. All octocols use the same chemical reaction to… Read More »
Choices regarding political candidates and issues are inherently limited and flawed; This leaves many people feeling mixed feelings about which candidate or position they prefer, and even leading to conflicting opinions. In general, being undecided reduces political participation. For example, the more undecided a person is about the candidates in the election, the less likely… Read More »
NASA has its sights set on the Moon and aims to send astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establish a long-term presence there in the 2030s. However, the Moon is not a very habitable place for humans. Cosmic rays from distant stars and galaxies and solar-powered particles from the Sun bombard the… Read More »
Astronomers have detected flares and echoes from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. These “cosmic fireworks” and X-ray echoes could help scientists better understand the dark and silent cosmic titan around which our galaxy revolves. A team of Michigan State University researchers made the groundbreaking discovery… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Thousands of fish species (about 2,500 of which are named) call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate that nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the huge stretch of water remain undiscovered. While… Read More »
‘Hot Neptune’ outer planet its atmosphere was found to contain sulfur dioxide; This atmosphere also erupts into space as the planet rotates over its star’s poles in a steeply inclined orbit every three and a half days. Presence of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of the exoplanet called GJ 3470b, ranked 96th light years from… Read More »
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped for the first time the plasma “burps” of a quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole living relatively close to Earth. While supermassive black holes with masses millions or billions of times that of the Sun are thought to be at the heart of all galaxies,… Read More »
CHICAGO (AP) — Jelle den Burger and Nirusa Naguleswaran, who were vacationing in Chicago from Europe this week, grabbed a bite at the Dog House Grill: a classic Italian meat sandwich for one, grilled cheese for her. They both think that the order of their gender in their food choices is not a coincidence. Naguleswaran… Read More »
The same massive sunspot responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May triggered a legendary storm for Mars a few days later. On May 20, data from Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft showed that the predicted X12 solar flare was the strongest type. on the glare classification scale – AR3664 exploded from a… Read More »