Modeling Convergent Plate Boundaries
New research into convergent plate boundaries has focused on both active and fossil margins to understand the stages of the boundary type.
Mapping Ice Giants by Their Rings
Using gravitational effects on the rings of Uranus and Neptune by oscillations in the planets, scientists can map the interiors of the two ice giants.
Asteroid Day 2022
A new report released by the European Space Agency on Asteroid Day announces the safe resolution of the orbit for asteroid 2021 QM1.
India Launches Multi-Mission Payload
On June 30, the ISRO launched the PSLV C53 mission, including three separate payloads for different organizations in Singapore, into equatorial orbit
Groundwater Aquifers Host Thriving Microbial Ecosystem
Scientists have found a thriving microbial ecosystem in samples taken from a subsurface aquifer between five and ninety meters below the surface of Earth.
What’s Up: Early July Evenings
What’s Up this week includes objects visible in the early evenings of July, including the Moon, the constellation Scorpius, and several open clusters.
New Outbursts Discovered Regularly
The Swift telescope is being used to find cataclysmic variable stars in the ultraviolet, and they discovered a new system now cataloged as TUVO-21aq.
The Sedimentary Rocks of ‘Enchanted Lake’, Mars
A recent image taken by Percy’s Hazcam of the informally named ‘Enchanted Lake’ on Mars shows intriguing sedimentary layers in the river delta.
Small Robots Could Explore Other Planets’ Oceans
A phase 2 NAIC grant has been awarded to NASA’s JPL for the development of a fleet of small robots to explore the subsurface ocean of an icy moon.
Slow Roll for Big Black Hole
New observations of the quasar H1821+643 led researchers to discover the actively spinning system is rotating more slowly than expected.
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