Deep ALMA observations of 12CO emission from fifteen protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning range of structures in the gas morphology including gaps, rings and spirals. Credit: Richard Teague / exoALMA Collaboration Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Our solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old, but countless planetary neighborhoodsContinue Reading
Kosmos 482 was intended as a successor to Soviet probe’s like Venera 4, seen above. Credit: Sovfoto / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfullyContinue Reading
The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 200-300 years, and began around 540 CE. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Exactly what caused the collapse of the mighty Roman Empire has been hotly debated practically since the fall itself. Was economic stagnation primarily to blame, or wasContinue Reading
A sunrise on the moon photographed by the Blue Ghost lunar lander on March 3. Credit: Firefly Aerospace On March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost made history, becoming the first commercial lunar lander to successfully touchdown on the moon’s surface. The groundbreaking lander is wasting no time in getting toContinue Reading
Axon mades body cameras used by police across the nation, including Utah and California. Credit: Photo by Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images A bill headed to Utah’s Senate floor would require police to include disclaimers in any report written with help from artificial intelligence. Introduced byContinue Reading
The young man appeared to want help with making fire. Credit: Deposit Photos The industrialized world is a complex web of technology, cultures, and politics, but today’s interconnected society doesn’t encompass everyone. A handful of communities still exist entirely outside these confines. The Sentinelese people living on the Indian Ocean’sContinue Reading
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these drifting noctilucent, or twilight, clouds in a 16-minute recording on Jan. 17. (This looping clip has been speeded up about 480 times.) The white plumes falling out of the clouds are carbon dioxide ice that would evaporate closer to the Martian surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SSIContinue Reading
Consumer advocates first submitted a petition for the reform in 2003. Credit: Deposit Photos US regulators want to make it easier for people to know what’s in each of their alcoholic drinks of choice. The Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has announced it is seeking publicContinue Reading
This image of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument of the Perseverance rover on June 15, 2021, the 114th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS NASA is about to publish the world’s first off-world aircraft accident investigation. Aside from making history, the reportContinue Reading
The USS Stewart rests about 3,500 feet below the ocean’s surface. Credit: Ocean Infinity An autonomous drone fleet overseen by Ocean Infinity has rediscovered the USS Stewart, the only US Navy destroyer ever captured by Japanese forces during World War II. The marine robotics company’s trio of orange, 20-foot-long underwaterContinue Reading
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