Distant Neutrinos Detected Below Antarctic Ice
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory near the South Pole, in Antarctica, has begun to detect neutrinos, nearly invisible particles of very high energy.
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Earth-sized virtual telescope to explore Black Holes
A virtual telescope as big as planet Earth, will take detailed images of the very edge, or “event horizon,” of the supermassive black hole at the center
Aurora with Moon on Ice
This stunning expansive fisheye view of ice, Moon with a halo, Jupiter and Aurora was captured at Jökulsárlón Beach, southeast Iceland. Image credit Stéphane Vetter (Nuits sacrées)
Antarctic Sea Ice reaches Record Low
Sea ice around Antarctica in February 2023, reached the lowest extent ever observed since the start of the satellite record in 1979.
Jupiter’s enigmatic Magnetic Field
NASA’s robotic Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter’s magnetic field is surprisingly complex, so that the Jovian world does not have single magnetic poles like our Earth.
An Asteroid Collision changed Life on Earth forever
Scientists confirm that dust from a giant asteroid crash, some 460 million years ago, caused an ancient ice age.
A Total Solar Eclipse is coming today – watch it Live
Earth will find itself again on the Moon’s shadow on Tuesday, but this time the path of totality spans over the remote South Pacific.
Mount Everest Star Trails
The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape.
Highest-resolution view of Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn’s northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a hexagonal shape, akin to
Huge Subterranean Lake of Water on Mars discovered
Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water at the base of the Martian southern polar cap.