IIn 2002, a group of five Italians made local news: they were going to be the first company in the country to develop a game for Nintendo’s popular handheld device, the Game Boy Advance. The group pooled a few hundred euros and some computers to prepare the project. They had no experience in making games. … Read more
Enlarge / An artist’s impression of one of the last mammoths of Wrangel Island. Bet Zaiken A small group of woolly mammoths became stranded on Wrangel Island about 10,000 years ago when rising sea levels separated the island from mainland Siberia. Small, isolated populations of animals lead to inbreeding and genetic defects, and it was … Read more
Recent findings from the InSight mission suggest that Mars experiences 280 to 360 significant meteorite impacts per year, far exceeding previous estimates based on satellite images. This seismic approach offers a new way to date the surfaces of Mars and other planets. Credit: NASA/JPL – Caltech Seismic signals indicate Mars is hit by about 300 … Read more
Grenades have fascinated humans for millennia. The ancient Egyptians decorated their jewelry with garnets, and the Greeks called them “lamp stones” because they believed they could help them see in the dark. Recently, crystallized garnet particles have highlighted a fascinating geological link between Australia and Antarctica, uncovering an ancient Antarctic mountain range now under ice. … Read more
There is rarely a mountain as majestic as the Himalayas, which rise so high into the sky that people feel like a dot standing in front of them. But it is a lesser known fact that the Himalayas are not only scenic but also a field considered important for the study of geology. A 2023 … Read more
Flying over 15 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 is the first man-made object to move through interstellar space. Traveling at about 60,000 kilometers per hour relative to the Sun, Voyager 1 is currently the farthest human object. It is a technological marvel that has been zooming around the orbits of the planets for almost … Read more
The dark abyss of space is seemingly endless to explore. There are countless celestial bodies floating in this dark ocean of space. For centuries, scientists and astronomers have classified various objects into lists and categories. This time, however, a team of researchers has discovered an object at the center of the Milky Way that does … Read more
Artist’s impression of the asteroid (99942) Apophis. The Planetary Society; CC BY NC 3.0 Friday the 13th may be considered an unlucky day, but at 5:45 AM EDT (11:45 AM CEST) on Friday, April 13, 2029, it will prove just the opposite when an asteroid the size of a “dinosaur killer” safely passes by Earth. … Read more
The history of the black hearts of galaxies is almost completely told for the first time, when astronomers combined X-ray observations with detailed supercomputer models to record the growth of galaxies. supermassive black holes more than 12 billion years of cosmic history. The scientists have shown that the black hole forms the core of our … Read more
Two million years ago, the solar system encountered a dense interstellar cloud that may have significantly affected Earth’s climate by compressing the heliosphere and exposing the planet to high levels of cosmic and galactic radiation. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com New astrophysical research highlights a major cosmic event two million years ago, when the solar system … Read more