by Speedinet | Mar 26, 2026 | Climate change, Earth, ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video After growing through the fall and winter, sea ice in the Arctic reached its annual maximum extent on March 15, 2026, peaking at coverage area of 5.52... by admin | Apr 13, 2025 | Earth, Mars, microbes, News, planet, space, Space News, The Conversation
A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances stemming from the Human Genome Project, which successfully mapped the... by admin | Mar 9, 2025 | asteroid, Earth, Nasa, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2032 — specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to a high of 3.1 per cent on Feb. 18. The number has since dropped to near... by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | asteroid, Earth, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on... by admin | Feb 3, 2025 | Earth, Nasa, new york, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
Of all the things that Donald Trump’s return as US president could mean, one is that Elon Musk’s plan to use Starship rockets for long-distance flights on Earth could move forward. Dubbed Starship Earth to Earth, this would see passengers transported by rocket between... by admin | Jan 27, 2025 | Earth, Galaxy, Milky Way, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his colleagues on his behalf reported that the Andromeda nebula, also called...
