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The unique properties of holograms could be used to stabilize spacecraft and carry huge amounts of data to the universe. Continue reading Scientists Want to Send Holographic Messages to Nearby Stars on Light Sails
Caltech geobiologist and MacArthur Fellow Victoria Orphan sheds light on the tiny single-celled organisms that help keep Earth’s climate in check. Continue reading Methane-Eating Ocean Microbes Could Play a Major Role in Climate Change
As the planet warms, ice loss at the poles—especially in Greenland—is having an effect on polar motion. Continue reading Human-Driven Climate Change Is Literally Making Earth ‘Wobble’
“Once we figure out, or I hope we figure out, that we are not alone in the universe, the connection to the cosmos is just going to be even stronger.” Continue reading Scientists Design a ‘Template’ for Plant Life on Alien Worlds
Conservation scientists found that 261 out of 1,438 cactus species are unprotected by preserves or conservation regulations, putting them more at risk than mammals and birds. Continue reading A Booming Black Market Is Putting Many Cacti Species in Danger
Hayabusa2 is the first mission to deploy mobile robots onto an asteroid. Continue reading These Amazing Photos Show the First Rover Landing on an Asteroid
NASA’s PMC Turbo mission captured new views of polar mesospheric clouds from a five-day balloon flight over the Arctic. Continue reading These Electric Blue Clouds Are Made from Ice Crystals and Meteor Debris
NASA’s PMC Turbo mission captured new views of polar mesospheric clouds from a five-day balloon flight over the Arctic. Continue reading These Electric Blue Clouds Are Made from Ice Crystals and Meteor Debris
Rachel Smith studies the birth of stars to better understand the origins of life on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere in the universe. Continue reading What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
Like Spock’s home world Vulcan, this newly discovered exoplanet orbits the 40 Eridani triple star system. Continue reading Scientists Find ‘Super-Earth’ In Star System From ‘Star Trek’