Ocean Currents Predicted on Enceladus
Gravitational measurements, heat calculations, and salty subsurface seas build up a picture Enceladus where ice builds up at the equator and melts at the poles, likely creating a gradient in salinity as we see in Earth’s southern seas.
Research Uncovers First Clues of Earth’s Supercontinent Cycle
Computer models and magnetic field evidence lead geologists to determine the existence of two supercratons in Earth’s distant past.
Simulations Reconstruct Microscopic Clusters From Big Bang
Researchers created a simulation to look at the evolving structure if the universe in its first seconds and were able to see a complex network of structures similar to today’s large-scale structure of the universe, only much, much smaller.
What’s Up: Lunar Tides and the Suez Canal
With the mega container ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal, engineers look to the high tide to help remove the vessel and resume shipping traffic.
Event Horizon Telescope Images Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released a new image of the black hole in M87 using polarized light and revealed magnetic field lines.
Fossilized Plants Found Deep Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
Using subglacial cores taken in the 1960s that reached deep below Greenland’s ice sheet, scientists analyzed the probability for methane leaks due to climate change.
Stratospheric Winds Measured on Jupiter Using ALMA
Planetary scientists have used material from the 1994 crash of Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter to measure upper-level winds in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Gaia Satellite Finds Hyades Cluster Being Pulled Apart
In a new analysis of the Hyades Cluster and its surrounding region, researchers have identified populations of stars related to the cluster that were previously unknown.
Baby Stars Carve Out Cavities in Gas Clouds, Keep Growing
New research shows that star forming regions do not stop expanding as their mass is used to build the new stars in the cavities.
Random Space Fact: Corned Beef Sandwich Smuggled Into Space
Your random space fact is that John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich in his spacesuit on the Gemini 3 mission.
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