Meanwhile, in December 2022, NASA released a new image of Earth. Compared with the iconic “Blue Marble” photo taken 50 years ago, the new image reveals clear changes to the face of the planet. The Antarctic ice sheet has visibly reduced in size, dark green vegetation in the African trop...
Meanwhile, in December 2022, NASA released a new image of Earth. Compared with the iconic “Blue Marble” photo taken 50 years ago, the new image reveals clear changes to the face of the planet. The Antarctic ice sheet has visibly reduced in size, dark green vegetation in the African trop...
One day, we could make all our windows out of aerogel—but scientists have to figure out how to make it transparent first! Photo by courtesy of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Sponsored linksContents Why do we need insulation? How does heat escape from your home? How heat insulation...
Fastest spacecraft so far The fastest spacecraft is NASA's Parker Solar Probe, as it keeps breaking its own speed records. On Dec. 24, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe reached a top speed of 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 km per hour). NASA's Parker Solar Probe is currently the faste...
Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advanceImages captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system fo...
How did we learn the speed of light? Aristotle, Empedocles, Galileo (illustrated here), Ole Rømer and countless other philosophers and physicists in history have contemplated the speed of light.(Image credit: NASA) As early as the 5th century BC, Greek philosophers like Empedocles and Aristotl...
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