NASA’s perseverance Mars rover launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, featuring state-of-the-art technology including high definition video equipment and the first interplanetary helicopter. Many of the tools are designed as experimental steps towards human exploration of the red planet. Crucially, Perseverance is equipped with a device called the …
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Away from the glare of the blinding lights of civilization, an unobstructed view of the night sky makes you feel as if you are standing on the edge of eternity. But there is a place on Earth where the views extend a little more than anywhere else. The researchers have …
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For the first time, scientists have observed that the ‘megaripples’ on Mars, huge sand waves seen on the Martian surface, are mobile structures and not ancient relics trapped in place from the distant past of the Red Planet. Megaripples, which also occur in Earth’s deserts, are generally larger than the …
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While greenhouse gases are heating the Earth’s surface, they are also causing rapid cooling well above us, at the edge of space. In fact, the atmosphere greater than about 90 kilometers (56 miles) above Antarctica is cooling at a rate 10 times faster than the average warming on the planet’s …
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Research by scientists at the University of Southampton has estimated that the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) will reach a record level as the warmest period of the Pliocene epoch some 3.3 million years ago in 2025 if emissions will not be controlled. The study was published in the journal …
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