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[ad_1] Eric Hester has spent the past three years hunting for icebergs. A graduate student in mathematics at the University of Sydney in Australia, Hester and researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts are studying how the shape of an iceberg shapes the way it melts. “Ice deforms …

[ad_1] Loading… JAKARTA – The discovery of a meteorite in north Sumatra is discussed. In online stores, the price of the piece of space rock reaches up to 26 billion Rp. According to the expert, the celestial body falls into the category of carbonated chondrite (CM1 / 2). READ ALSO …

[ad_1] Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who arrived at the International Space Station aboard crew-1 a week ago, will hold a press conference with Japanese reporters on November 24, 2020 at 6:10 am ET. The event will be broadcast on NASA TV with interpretation in English. [ad_2] …

[ad_1] Ars Technica has glimpsed a potential future on the Johns Hopkins College Utilized Physics Laboratory: a photovoltaic simulator “that could shine with the depth of 20 suns …” “They surmise it might be the important thing for interstellar exploration.”“It’s very easy for someone to dismiss the thought and say, …

[ad_1] Researchers at MIT have developed a way for deep learning neural networks to quickly estimate levels of confidence in their outcomes. Progress could improve safety and efficiency in AI-assisted decision making. Credit: MIT A faster way to estimate uncertainty in AI-assisted decision making could lead to more confident outcomes. …

[ad_1] It sounds like science fiction: giant solar power plants floating in space that transmit huge amounts of energy to Earth. And for a long time, the concept – first developed by the Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, in the 1920s – was primarily an inspiration for writers. A century later, …

[ad_1] In the summer of 2017 he wrote 9-year-old Jack Davis a letter to NASA, asking about the vacant post “planetary protection officer”. The role was to make sure humans did not contaminate any planets, asteroids or moons we come into contact with and vice versa. Obviously it’s a highly …

[ad_1] Visualization of the coupling dynamics of the ice layer and turbulent convective motions in the water layer. 3D simulation for the lower surface at 8 ° C and the upper surface at -10 C. Credit: Chao Sun A better understanding of iceberg melting and lake ice formation could provide …

[ad_1] A joint US-Europe satellite built to monitor global sea levels took off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday, November 21 at 9:17 am PST (12:17 pm EST). About the size of a small pickup truck, …

[ad_1] There are certainly some extremely bright stars and planets in the vastness of space. But many of us expect most of space to be extremely dark with nothing but pitch black darkness. However, a new study to be published soon has found that outer space isn’t pitch dark after …