On Christmas Day, 2021, an Ariane 5 rocket leaped from its launch pad in French Guiana. Perched on the rocket’s nose was the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST was designed to perform several tasks, but one of the most important was to study the first stars and galaxies to come into existence. The telescope has performed magnificently; however, some troubling observations have been reported. When the JWST took its first look at the sky, it seemed to have found galaxies...
The superficially Earthlike appearance of Titan, as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope, is belied by its cold and inhospitable weirdness. Titan is a strange world — a little bit Earthlike, if land were made of water ice, rivers and seas were filled with liquid methane and other hydrocarbons, and the atmosphere were thick and hazy, dotted with methane clouds. — Read the rest
Using the controversial NRP-cDCD method, doctors are able to harvest patients’ organs after removing life support and while the patient is considered ‘brain-dead,’ despite the potential for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
New research on Pluto's mysterious heart scar not only explains how its feature came to pass, but suggests the world doesn't have an ocean.
A newly published catalog reveals 2,200 new exoplanet candidates, found in data captured by TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the midst of a classic Euroleague quarterfinals series against one of its arch rivals in Panathinaikos and the stakes are as high as ever.This year marks the first time that the yellow-and-blue will tip off against the Greek squad in postseason play since a 2012 series that saw the two teams battle it out in a 5-game classic. That series ultimately saw the Greeks snatch a razor-thin 86-85 Game 5 win at the cavernous and rocking OAKA Arena in Athens that went right down to...
Previously a winner in Coventry play-off finals with Manchester Phoenix and Hull Pirates - neither club still with us - the veteran forward firmly believes Leeds Knights are the team who can help him achieve his career-closing ambition. Less than 12 months ago, to be in such a position did not even seem a remote possibility for the 35-year-old. No longer required at Hull Seahawks, his second permanent stint in East Yorkshire coming to an end as a result of head coach Matty Davies’s roster...
Pressure is mounting on Sydney Roosters star. Calls are growing for premiership-winning star to take his place. A subtle snubbing could indicate that Tedesco is in trouble
Methane that's trapped beneath the surface of Mars is occasionally released. Scientists found that underground salts deposited into the soil form a crust. This crust traps the methane, which is released when temperatures go up. READ MORE:
NASA officials have announced that they have no plan to return to Earth samples of Martian rocks that could contain signs of life.The agency's Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of the Red Planet for more than three years, collecting rock and soil samples to provide evidence of life. By all accounts, Perseverance was successful in its mission to collect samples – but bringing those samples home is a different story. A recent report showed that NASA's original plan to return the...
Perseverance has collected samples for three years, looking for evidence of life. But there is not yet a plan in the works for bringing these samples back to Earth. NASA officials said the current sample return plan will be too slow and too costly. READ MORE:
Reducing food waste also benefits planet Earth: the more nutrition can be extracted from a single plant, the fewer need to be grown, while also reducing the greenhouse gases released