NASA’s Juno shows 127-mile-long lava lake on Jupiter’s moon

NASA launched Juno, the solar-powered spacecraft back in 2011. It took about six years for Juno to cruise over to Jupiter. Juno looks like a propeller that’s been orbiting around our solar system’s biggest planet for about eight years now. It has captured some stunning images and collected groundbreaking data. Now, Juno has cruised over … Read more

A black hole 33 times bigger than the sun is only 2,000 light years from Earth

Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy. The newly identified black hole is located about 2,000 light-years from Earth – relatively close in cosmic terms – in the constellation Aquila, … Read more

Wild and domestic ungulates are key to Mediterranean ecosystem sustainability, finds study

Transhumant flock in the Campos de Hernán Perea (Spain). Credit: Marina Carmen Rincón Madroñero. Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) have conducted a vegetation analysis over the last 30 years using satellite images from two environments in the Sierra de Cazorla Natural Park (southeast Spain)—one with wild ungulates such as deer and the … Read more

Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025

LONDON — Japan is on track to beam solar power from space to Earth next year, two years after a similar feat was achieved by U.S. engineers. The development marks an important step toward a possible space-based solar power station that could help wean the world off fossil fuels amid the intensifying battle against climate … Read more

New Models Show Visible Universe & Dark Matter Co-Evolved

Matthews Distinguished University Professor of physics Pran Nath’s latest cosmological work explores how, at the birth of the universe, dark matter and the visible universe impacted one another. Share this story Copy Link Link Copied! Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter WhatsApp Reddit Northeastern University researchers have shown that our visible universe and invisible dark matter likely … Read more

Radio Observations As An Extrasolar Planet Discovery and Characterization: Interior Structure and Habitability

Radio sky in the 30 MHz–43 MHz (left) and 47 MHz–78 MHz bands (right); zenith is at the center of the images. Strong sources are labeled, notably including Jupiter and the Sun. In the lower frequency image, Jupiter is of comparable brightness to the Sun, illustrating that the starplanet intensity ratio can be of order … Read more

Enormous dinosaur dubbed Shiva ‘The Destroyer’ is one of the biggest ever discovered

A newly discovered 98-foot-long dinosaur named after the Hindu god Shiva “The Destroyer” stomped around Argentina alongside other long-necked “megatitanosaurs” more than 90 million years ago, scientists reveal.  Researchers described the humongous beast, called Bustingorrytitan shiva, late last year from fossils discovered in western Argentina. Now, they’ve worked with an artist to recreate the Cretaceous … Read more

Analyzing the progression in retinal thickness could predict cognitive progression in Parkinson’s patients

Optical coherence tomography. Credit: LaNCE-Neuropharm—GIC 21/133 Although there are still some aspects pending confirmation for its use in the clinical setting, and its resolution needs to be improved slightly, a study by the UPV/EHU and Biobizkaia has shown that a method routinely used to carry out ophthalmological tests can also be used to monitor the … Read more

Researchers set new standards for nanoparticles, helping patients with MS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease

A uniform database search on nanoparticle protein corona raw data provided by 15 core facilities. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44678-x Is it possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue? Researchers from Michigan State University say yes, and their latest findings are expected to benefit … Read more

Researchers set new standards for nanoparticles, helping patients with MS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease

A uniform database search on nanoparticle protein corona raw data provided by 15 core facilities. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44678-x Is it possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue? Researchers from Michigan State University say yes, and their latest findings are expected to benefit … Read more