A debris field comprised of a Starlink satellite’s remains is floating through space, after a minor explosion broke off pieces of the tech and sent them tumbling around Earth’s orbit.
Category: 7. Science
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Starlink satellite explodes, causing small debris field in space
A debris field comprised of a Starlink satellite’s remains is floating through space, after a minor explosion broke off pieces of the tech and sent them tumbling around Earth’s orbit.
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Present-day vertical land motions (VLM) of the Chesapeake Bay region derived from robust network imaging of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) observations
Sallenger, A. H., Doran, K. S. & Howd, P. A. Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic Coast of North America. Nat. Clim. Change. 2 (12), 884–888. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE1597 (2012).
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Environmental changes shape evolution in unexpected ways
In a recent study, experts tracked evolution across 105 changing environments and found that repeated environmental change can yield very different outcomes.
The researchers found that studying a single population can be misleading, so claims…
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Scientists pull electricity directly from Earth’s rotation
Physicists in the United States have built a small device that seems to pull electrical energy from Earth’s rotation itself. The tabletop experiment produced only tens of microvolts.
The team carried out the work in New Jersey with colleagues…
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T. rex ‘wannabe’ named Nanotyrannus evolved into two species
A small tyrant dinosaur once written off as a teenaged T. rex has now been confirmed as its own species. That animal, called Nanotyrannus, turns out to represent not just one form but two closely related species.
Using an almost complete skeleton…
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Volcano Watch — One year of Kīlauea’s episodic summit fountaining: highlighting the hazards : Maui Now
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates.
On Dec, 23, 2024, a unique eruption began in Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater, with a…
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Neisseria meningitidis filamentous phage MDA promotes colonisation by selecting hyperadhesive pili variants
Dion, M. B., Oechslin, F. & Moineau, S. Phage diversity, genomics and phylogeny. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 18, 125–138 (2020).
Hay, I. D. & Lithgow, T. Filamentous phages: masters of a microbial…
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Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Human Footprint Ever Found, Hidden in Chilean Mud
A fossilized human footprint found in southern Chile has been dated to 15,600 years ago, making it the oldest known footprint in the Americas. The discovery suggests that humans may have reached South America more than 1,000 years earlier…
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This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules
In the damp shade beneath moss-covered trees, high in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or deep within the subtropical forests of Okinawa, an unusual organism quietly grows. At first glance, it resembles a mushroom. In reality, it is a…
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