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The April โPink Moonโ isnโt actually pink. This explainer breaks down its origins and why skywatchers in the Philippines see a normal full moon.Continue Reading
MANILA, Philippines โ Bright satellites orbiting close to Earth are increasingly threatening astronomical research, as a new study on Amazonโs internet satellites underscores a wider problem facing scientists worldwide. Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are designed to sit just a few hundred kilometers above the planet to deliver faster internetContinue Reading
Astronomers may have finally solved a long-standing cosmic mystery: how minerals that require extreme heat end up inside comets formed in the coldest reaches of planetary systems. New observations from NASAโs James Webb Space Telescope show that crystalline silicatesโminerals forged only at very high temperaturesโare created near young stars andContinue Reading
When the International Space Station (ISS) makes its final fiery dive into the Pacific Ocean in 2030, it wonโt just be the end of a spacecraft โ itโll be the end of an era. For 30 years, this orbiting laboratory has been humanityโs home in space, continuously crewed since NovemberContinue Reading
A powerful solar storm is on its way to Earth, and if conditions line up just right, it could bring rare aurora displays farther south than usual across the United States on Tuesday night. Triggered by massive solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), the incoming geomagnetic storm has promptedContinue Reading
Scientists for decades have wondered: Could Earthโs immense rotational energy be harnessed to generate electricity? The idea seemed promisingโour planet spins through its own magnetic field, which, in theory, should induce an electric charge. But past attempts to capture this energy failed, dismissed by conventional physics as an impossible dream.Continue Reading
Back in 2001, British electrical engineer Roger Shawyer introduced something that made physicists do a double takeโthe EmDrive, a so-called โimpossible drive.โ Why impossible? Because it claimed to work without any propellant, seemingly flipping Newton and Einstein by defying the conservation of momentum. Unsurprisingly, scientists werenโt buying it. For twoContinue Reading
