Scientists Chronicle the Shifting Colors of a Comet’s ‘Seasons’
The Rosetta mission found a regular pattern of varying red and blue hues on the comet as it passes near to and then away from the sun. ...read more
Month: February 2020
Seals Caught On Film Clapping In the Wild For the First Time Ever
The famous clappers had never actually been filmed smacking their flippers together in the wild. ...read more
The Hard Life And Mysterious Death Of Hol Chan 3 Woman, Found In Mexican Cave
Remains reveal details about how she lived but raise larger questions about the First Americans. ...read more
What DNA From 2,600 Tumors Is Telling Scientists About Cancer
Thanks to an international collaboration, researchers could find the genetic causes of cancer in 91 percent of patients they tested. ...read more
In psychedelic colors, this NASA visualization reveals the global impact of smoke from wildfires
Helping us to see beautiful — but also unsettling — patterns of tiny aerosols, the visualization also shows swirling, pulsing patterns of desert dust, pollution particles, and even sea salt, blowing through the atmosphere ...read more
Uranus and Neptune’s Differences May Come from Collisions, Finds New Study
Giant impacts could explain the many differences between the ice giants of our solar system, computer simulations show. ...read more
What Would the Sun Sound Like If We Could Hear It On Earth?
A thought experiment explores the awesome power of our star. ...read more
SARS Vaccine Could Be Stopgap Measure Against the New Coronavirus, Study Suggests
Vaccines developed, but never used, against SARS could offer hope in the search for treatments for the new coronavirus. ...read more
This AI-Guided Drone Has Mapped One of Earth’s Deepest Subterranean Lakes
A team of roboticists and divers used an AI-powered drone to explore underwater caves farther than humans ever have. ...read more
7 Worlds in the Solar System That Could Be Just As Weird As Pluto
A new generation of ground-based telescopes and proposed space missions could soon reveal their secrets. ...read more