Science

Arctic sea ice is one of the most dramatic indicators of the changing climate. Ice cover on the Arctic Ocean is in a few months about half what it was decades ago, and its thickness has shrunk, by some 40% estimates. Changes in the ice may also mean a host of other changes, in the Arctic system and around the …

Our cosmic neighbor Mercury is the runt of the solar system; it's not much bigger than Earth's moon and is so hard to spot that it's known as "the elusive planet." But we're about to get a rare and spectacular view of the tiny world as it sails across the sun in an event known as a transit. On Monday …

SpaceX plans to launch the second installment of Starlink megaconstellation on Monday (Nov. 11), and is waiting to see astronomers – well, that's exactly what they'll find. When the company is waiting. it launched the first set of Starlink internet satellites in May, eyes catching the night sky immediately realizing that things were incredibly bright. Professional astronomers worry satellites interfere …

Mercury moving Sunday in 2006. Photo : Brocken Inaglory ( Wikimedia Commons ) [19659004] Mercury will move the Sun for the first time since 2016 this coming Monday. It will not be repeated until 2032. The smallest eccentric orbit of the planet means it does not pass through the Sun very often from the point of the Earth's vantage. This …

11 December 1972 – Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collects samples of lunar rake at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity ( EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 Commander A challenge of moon launches is one small thing you can't think of anymore – moon dust. Despite – or perhaps because of – …

Asteroids Bigger than the Eiffel Tower Closer to the Earth in 20 Times , Singapore Edition View full coverage on Google News Source link

A deadly virus is rapidly spreading to sea mammals in the Arctic. In a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, scientists found a link between disease and melting sea ice due to climate change. The Phocine distemper virus (PDV) has been a known pathogen in several seal populations for several decades, resulting in several mass mortality events involving …

How to watch Mercury transit the face of the sun on Monday Digital Trends Oh Boy, Mercury Is Gonna Transit the Sun Gizmodo Transit Week of WAVY TV 10 Mercury Transit 2019: How a Spacecraft Fleet Can Watch Rare Events from Space Space.com Mercury Transit to Show Veterans Day | Pennsylvania News | wfmz.com WFMZ Allentown View full coverage on …

Hollywood blockbuster director Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" is "second festival. In the movie, Matthew McConaughey plays an astronaut traveling through a supermassive black hole called Gargauntua. physicist Kip Thorne to make the most realistic depiction of a black hole possible. But since the film was released, scientists have learned about what black holes really look like, and even imaging for the …

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is preparing for a spacewalk training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. Credit: NASA / James Blair The next three-man crew to launch into a Soyuz rocket – consisting of two Russian cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut – is training to have the International Space Station on their own after their arrival at …