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
These images show the two shock regions of the remnant SNR 1181. The bright white in the center is the white dwarf. Credit: 2024 T. Ko, H. Suzuki, K. Kashiyama et al./ The Astrophysical Journal A mysterious remnant of a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two … Read more
Recent Bitcoin on-chain figures have pointed to a potential market peak, with a cycle peak similar to previous years. Analysts saw an increase in sales activity, in line with historical trends. Bitcoin [BTC] was down at the time of writing, erasing its previous rally above $63,000. Over the past week, the cryptocurrency has dropped by … Read more
China has made space history again. The country’s robotic Chang’e 6 mission sent material from the mysterious far side of the moon to Earth on Tuesday (June 25) – something that had never been done before. The milestone moment occurred at 2:07 a.m. EDT (6:07 a.m. GMT; 2:07 p.m. Beijing time) on Tuesday, when the … Read more
Crypto YouTuber and market commentator Blockchain Backer draws attention to a repeat of a historic XRP pattern that resulted in a 1,252% rally in 2017. The analyst announced this in his most recent analysis of Price movements of XRP against the rest of the crypto market. The accompanying chart contains the TOTAL/XRPUSD chart, which tracks … Read more