“Microlensing” lets us find planets at much greater distances from their star. What does the “typical” exosolar system look like? […]
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A grim signal: Atmospheric CO2 soared in 2024
The unprecedented increase of atmospheric CO2 is just one of several red lights flashing on the climate dashboard. This graph […]
Rocket Report: The pitfalls of rideshare; China launches next Tiangong crew
This week, engineers ground-tested upgrades for Blue Origin’s New Glenn and Europe’s Ariane 6. A Long March 2F carrier rocket, […]
A 2,000-year-old battle ended in fire, and a tree species never recovered
Then everything changed when the Fire Nation—sorry, the Han Empire—attacked. Han rose to power in the wake of Qin’s collapse, […]
NSF director resigns amid 55% budget cut, mass layoffs from Trump admin
Director of the National Science Foundation Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly resigned Thursday, Science Magazine first reported. Panchanathan, who goes by Panch, […]
Bone collector caterpillar adorns itself in insect body parts
Skip to content Most Metal Caterpillar Ever The caterpillars even tailor the body parts, nibbling away at excess material to […]
Sadly for China, rare Earth elements aren’t actually all that rare
relevant periodic table stuff China has limited US access, but other sources remain. President Trump ordered a probe on April […]
Can the legal system catch up with climate science?
Similarly, it’s possible to calculate the impact of emissions within a limited number of years. For example, Callahan and Mankin […]
Republican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts
Skip to content “Heliophysics is the most unknown—and underrated—part of NASA’s science program.” In the nearly two weeks since Ars […]
Universities (finally) band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach”
We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education… We must […]