In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, fragmenting an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania. In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, we used nearly 1,000 film photographs of Antarctica from the 1960s to reconstruct exactly what five glaciers looked like decades before the collapse of the Larsen B Ice … Read more
A recent solar eruption sent a powerful blast of charged particles and radiation toward Mars, giving scientists a rare glimpse of how these events unfold on planets other than Earth. Sonos’ very first headphones are too expensive for what they offer NASA’s Curiosity rover captured the aftermath of a solar storm on the surface of … Read more
The SpaceX Starship will launch on June 6 for its fourth test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Boca Chica, United States: SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket made its first-ever landing during a test flight on Thursday, a major milestone for the prototype system that could one day send humans to Mars. Bits of fiery … Read more
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Planetary Defense Office is investigating the appearance of a massive fireball that lit up the skies over Spain and Portugal late last week. The fiery body was seen streaking through the night sky at a speed of about 45 kilometers per second on May 18 at 22:46 UTC before disappearing … Read more