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Lightning on Venus? It’s rare, if it exists, says a study
Is there lightning on Venus? Contrary to previous belief, a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests it is rare, if it even exists at all.
October 10, 2023
Why did VERITAS mission scientists travel to Iceland?
An international team of scientists recently studied volcanic activity on Iceland. The data will be used to prepare for the future VERITAS mission to Venus.
October 10, 2023
World record for waterspouts over Great Lakes!
On Friday, October 7, the U.S. National Weather Service reported dozens of waterspouts over the Great Lakes in North America. A new world waterspout record!
October 8, 2023
Younger trees excel at capturing – and storing – carbon
New research indicates younger trees are better able to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere. Read more why this might help fight climate change.
October 8, 2023
Do solar eclipses affect Earth’s atmosphere?
Hear from a ham radio operator about how solar eclipses temporarily affect Earth's upper atmosphere, or ionosphere. Eclipses can disrupt radio signals and GPS in the region where the eclipse is passing.
October 6, 2023
Boo to a goose. Facial recognition used to study wildlife
Facial recognition software used to study the social behavior of individual geese in Europe will soon be used to monitor rare geese in South Australia.
October 5, 2023
Which bird migrates the farthest?
Which bird migrates the farthest? Over its lifetime of about 30 years, an Arctic tern can fly nearly 3 times the distance from the Earth to the moon.
October 5, 2023
Confirmed! BlueWalker 3 satellite outshines 99% of stars
A new study - published in Nature on October 2, 2023 - confirmed that AST SpaceMobile's satellite BlueWalker 3 does outshine 99% of the stars.
October 4, 2023
Bubble nebula: Why image an object again?
Astrophotographer Steven Bellavia captured images of the Bubble nebula in 2018 and 2023. Here, he explains why astrophotographers target the same object twice.
October 3, 2023
More galaxies like our Milky Way than previously thought?
New data shows galaxies like our Milky Way might have been 10 times more common in the early universe than previously believed.
October 2, 2023
