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A build-up of meltwater under the Greenland ice sheet in 2014 resulted in a flood of such magnitude that it burst upward through tens of meters of solid ice, fracturing the surface and spilling water to the open air. It’s the first time scientists have documented this phenomenon in Greenland, and it gives us new information for understanding how Greenland …

NASA’s exploration missions have recently come under scrutiny due to a potential error in how the physics of lunar and Martian surfaces are understood. While working on NASA’s VIPER mission, a team noticed a significant discrepancy in the way the lunar and Martian soil dynamics were modeled during rover testing. This miscalculation may have contributed to past issues, such as …

Light Versus Light: The Secret Physics Battle That Could Rewrite the Rules  SciTechDaily Physicists show tensor mesons play important role in light-on-light scattering  Phys.org When light waves collide something incredible happens, study finds  The Brighter Side of News Source link

Its arm bones are more robust and stockier, tipped with large, curved claws. It also had stout hands that imply a strong grip. Precisely how Shri used its arms and claws is unclear, though the researchers suggest it may have grappled with and grasped other dinosaurs like the horned herbivore Protoceratops. Bitten Protoceratops bones and a famous fossil of Velociraptor …

In an exciting new development in astrobiology, researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi have proposed that life could potentially thrive beneath the surface of Mars, as well as other planets and moons, using high-energy cosmic rays from space. How Cosmic Rays Support Life The concept of radiolysis, the process that occurs when cosmic rays break apart water molecules, is at the …

A mysterious oceanic barrier is stopping some deep-sea jellyfish in the Arctic from reaching the Atlantic Ocean, a new study has found. The animals, members of the jellyfish subspecies Botrynema brucei ellinorae, inhabit depths between 3,300 and 6,600 feet (1,000 to 2,000 meters) and can be divided into two groups based on whether individual specimens have a knob on their …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌙 Scientists plan to deploy the LuSEE-Night radio telescope on the Moon’s far side to avoid Earth’s radio interference. 🔭 The mission aims to explore the Cosmic Dark Ages by monitoring low-frequency radio signals free from terrestrial noise. 🚀 Equipped with advanced technology, the telescope will operate in the Moon’s harsh environment with a substantial lithium-ion battery …

Just 35 light-years away, a small red dwarf star is turning heads. This unassuming star, named L 98-59, is in the center of one of the most closely examined planetary systems to date.  The reason? Because this star has at least five planets that fall in the habitable “goldilocks” zone, where conditions could allow liquid water to exist. …

Termites in Florida have always posed problems for homeowners, but a newly discovered hybrid species is causing fresh alarm. Researchers recently identified an invasive hybrid termite species thriving in South Florida, combining characteristics from two destructive termite varieties to create an unusually resilient pest. Discovery of a Troubling Hybrid Scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural …

Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. The most fundamental of all the sciences is physics, as it seeks to describe all of nature in the simplest, most irreducible terms possible. Both the contents of the Universe, as well as the laws that …