Category: 7. Science

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the nighttime sky. The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and appearing as a waxing gibbous phase, 70% illuminated, will appear to stand almost directly above a very bright, non-twinkling, silvery “star.” But it won’t be…

There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons , the basic building blocks of matter – whizzing around above your head at any given time. These high-energy particles, which can travel at close to the speed of light, typically remain thousands of kilometers away from Earth, trapped there by the shape of Earth’s…

There are hundreds of thousands of meteorites hidden beneath Antarctica’s icy surface, some of which are slowly sinking out of reach. You might think that these submerged space rocks would be very tricky, expensive and time-consuming to find. But in this excerpt from “The Meteorite Hunters” (Oneworld Publications, 2025), author Joshua Howgego reveals how researchers…

The Hubble Telescope has captured a remarkable cosmic structure—LEDA 1313424—a galaxy surrounded by nine star-filled rings. While eight rings surrounding LEDA 1313424 were first observed by the Hubble Telescope, astronomers later confirmed the existence of a ninth ring. This confirmation came through additional data collected by the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii,… Continue Reading News…

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications for monitoring volcanoes prior to eruption, the researchers wrote in their paper, published Jan. 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scientists have debated whether magma can persist in the upper…

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have successfully launched a detector prototype for the High-energy Underwater Neutrino Telescope (HUNT) into the South China Sea, the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced Wednesday. The institute said the scientific research ship Tansuo-3 and the manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi…

The chance of space debris hitting an aircraft is very low, but the research from a team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) highlights that the potential for uncontrolled space debris to disrupt flights and create additional costs for airlines and passengers is not. The research is published in Scientific Reports. In 2022, a…

According to a new study, 70% of astronauts who have spent between six and 12 months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) experienced significant changes to their vision due to a condition called “spaceflight-associated neuroocular syndrome,” or SANS. SANS involves symptoms like swelling of the optic nerve, flattening at the back of the eye and…

Quantum hardware reveals cosmic bubble shifts by Sophie Jenkins London, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Physicists have carried out an advanced simulation that they believe exposes fresh details about an elusive occurrence, potentially shaping the Universe’s eventual destiny. The research centers on a concept called false vacuum decay, a scenario in which our…

Study participant details Human studies at Binzhou People’s Hospital are endorsed by the Medical Committee of Binzhou People’s Hospital ((2020) No. 249), implementing Helsinki Declaration principles. Written informed consent is procured from all patients. From January 2020 to December 2021, a total of 30 gastric cancer patients pathologically diagnosed in Binzhou People’s Hospital… Continue Reading…