Drones and Volcanoes
Using drones, scientists analyzed a decade’s worth of images of Mount Merapi in Indonesia to understand what happened with a recent lava dome collapse.
Fermi Uses Gamma Rays to Track Gravitational Waves
Researchers have started to monitor pulsars in gamma-ray light in order to avoid the interactions of random electrons that occurs with radio light observations.
New Most Distant Galaxy
Discovered in 1,200 hours of data from multiple telescopes, galaxy HD1 formed when the universe was only 300 million years old and is remarkably bright.
Axiom-1 Mission Launches Commercial Crew
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon Endeavour to the ISS on April 8, carrying four commercial astronauts conducting Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission.
JWST Update: MIRI Instrument Chilling Out
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard JWST is the last instrument waiting for alignment, as it cools down to a mere 7 Kelvin with help from a helium cryocooler.
Coffee Improved by Insects and Birds
New research quantifies the benefit of using bees and birds as co-pollinators of coffee beans and finds a substantial cost improvement.
This Week in Rocket History: STS-83
We look back at STS-83, a space shuttle mission with interesting science experiments that was cut short due to voltage issues in a fuel cell.
Sunflowers Help “Insect Apocalypse”
A new grant from the NSF will fund research into how different food sources for pollinators, like bees, could reduce pathogenic infection.
Bird Shapes Impacted by Climate Change
Researchers in Israel published the results of a study of 8,000 birds and found changes in the morphology that could be a result of climate change.
Plastic Flood
High concentrations of microplastics have now been found in the water, on the seaflor, and even in the ice and snow of the Arctic, carried on ocean currents and wind.
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