If you look up at the sky for a while during the summer, you’ll probably see a few “shooting stars” streaking across the sky. The best meteor show of the summer occurs in the second week of August during the annual Perseid meteor shower, which, peaking around the nights of August 11th and 12th, is … Read more
Scientists have blown up some atoms like balloons to create an extreme version of an ‘impossible’ state of matter. By bombarding rubidium atoms with lasers, physicists have forced them into an airy Rydberg state. This experiment resulted in an exotic state of matter known as a time crystal. According to the team, this opens up … Read more
When NASAThe Juno orbiter flew close by a Jupiter moonsaw a few volcanic plumes spewing material into the air roomsomething the robotic spacecraft had not previously captured. The plumes rise high above Jupiter’s planet Io. third largest moon. It is the most volcanically active world in our solar system, with astronomers believing hundreds of volcanoes … Read more
Meteors along the Milky Way in the sky on August 5, 2021 in Porma Lake, Leon, Spain. (Photo by … [+] Samuel de Roman/Getty Images) Getty Images July is packed with celestial events for stargazers, from the breathtaking view of the Milky Way in the first week, to a beautiful crescent moon lighting up the … Read more
Tens of thousands of meteorites have been found on Earth, but the vast majority remain shrouded in mystery. These rocks obviously come from space, but it’s difficult to determine their exact origins, in the solar system or even beyond, without knowing their flight paths. But now researchers believe they have linked a meteorite discovered decades … Read more