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[ad_1] The world’s largest solar telescope in Hawaii releases its first image of a 10,000 mile wide sunspot that could fit the entire Earth inside The Inouye solar telescope has captured its first image of a sunspot The image achieved a spatial resolution about 2.5 times higher than others The …

[ad_1] Lava crystals that erupted from volcanoes more than half a century ago may reveal secrets about when they might erupt next time, says a new study. US scientists analyzed the crystals formed inside a type of porous rock that exploded by the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii in 1959. The …

[ad_1] Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have added a new item to the dinner menu: radishes. NASA astronauts recently harvested fresh radish plants from the station’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) and Vegetable Production System (Veggie), which use LED lights to stimulate plant growth. Kate Rubins pulled 20 of the …

[ad_1] According to astronomers, the two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear closer to each other in the night sky during the week of Christmas than at any time in the past 800 years. Both gas giants have gradually moved closer to each other since …

[ad_1] New supercomputer simulations show how the Moon may have formed through the collision of the Earth with a Mars-sized planet called Theia about 4.5 billion years ago. British scientists have produced several simulation scenario animations, each showing a different amount of rotation that the “wandering planet” Theia may have …

[ad_1] 1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory commissioned for service on November 1 for $ 9.7 million. 1965: One of his first results was to establish Mercury’s rotation rate, which turned out to be 59 days instead of the 88 days previously estimated. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the …

[ad_1] The evolution of human vision can be traced back to the very first primates that evolved 55 million years ago, according to a study of a tiny mammal from Madagascar. The smallest primate in the world, the endangered gray mouse lemur, is no larger than an apple and weighs …

[ad_1] It’s a mystery that has puzzled scientists for months, but NASA has officially confirmed that the object in temporary orbit around Earth is a discarded piece of the 1966 Surveyor 2 rocket. Dubbed 2020 SO, the object was first spotted by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii on Sept. 17 …

[ad_1] A variety of glaciers, bays, domes, mountains and inlets in Antarctica have been named in honor of modern British scientists and explorers. In all, 28 locations within the British Antarctic Territory – a section of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom – were named after the British who made …

[ad_1] There are 60 species of flightless birds walking the Earth today, but a new study reveals that there would be at least four times the number if it weren’t for human influences. These findings were discovered by a team from University College London who compiled a list of all …