9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1326+ words) A spacecraft propelled by a subluminal warp drive would cause an extremely bright glow if it passed through Earth’s atmosphere, according to findings detailed in a new study. “Warp drives are a fantastic way to travel through the universe, and…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (671+ words) The findings, revealed in a press release and not yet detailed in research that has undergone peer-review, do not conclusively establish that the formation is artificial. However, according to researchers with Bakhtar Research and Engineering, LLC, and Noah’s Ark Scans,…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (515+ words) Antarctica’s Blood Falls, a striking and eerie-looking feature in the McMurdo Dry Valleys where crimson-red fluid oozes from the tongue of the Taylor Glacier, may point to a hidden connection between the sea and the coldest desert on Earth. The…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (494+ words) Analysis of fallout debris caused by the World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6th, 1945, has revealed that the event led to entirely new mineralogical and metallurgical phases that created a previously unidentified multicomponent metallic alloy that cannot…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (707+ words) For many years, scientists have been tracking even the tiniest fragments of space debris orbiting our planet to keep tabs on whether these small leftovers from decades of spaceflight might become a problem, whether for astronauts or for populations here…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (562+ words) The molten iron core deep within our planet could be much more dynamic and complicated than previously known, as revealed in new studies that point to a current of liquid metal under the Pacific Ocean that reversed directions unexpectedly more…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (392+ words) New climate change research conducted at CERN offers rare, hopeful news about the planet’s resilience to global warming, finding that phytoplankton are producing far more heat-mitigating aerosols than previously understood. In a paper recently published in Nature, the researchers reveal…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (556+ words) Ancient mycorrhizal fungal networks, consisting of a billion astronomical units’ worth of roots, have finally been mapped by scientists, providing insight into their connections, which are essential to climate regulation and plant sustenance. Mycorrhizal fungi grow in an arbuscular formation,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (552+ words) Scientists studying an ancient asteroid crater on the Korean Peninsula have uncovered rock formations that may offer clues to the rise of atmospheric oxygen on Earth. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) discovered stromatolites inside…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (396+ words) Beneath Tuscany lies 6,000 cubic kilometers of hot magma, according to new European research using a remote-sensing technique that explores the subterranean environment with ambient sound. Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (CNR-IGG),…...