Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video) We could expect even more eruptions from this sunspot region in the coming days as it rotates to face Earth. Space · Oct 24, 2024
Earth Is Rapidly Heading Towards Solar Maximum — How Many Auroras Will There Be in 2025? During the peak of the cycle, called solar maximum, more sunspots and solar flares occur, increasing the likelihood of solar storms. Inverse · Oct 20, 2024
Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel shares update on cancer diagnosis Danielle Fishel has completed her cancer surgery but still has to go through radiation. BANG Premier · Oct 19, 2024
Understanding cervical cancer in India: Prevention, symptoms, and treatment options Cervical cancer is one of the key causes of cancer-related deaths in women in India. However, it is a disease that can be both prevented and cured. Much of its burden can be reduced through early detection through screening and vaccination. The Times of India · Oct 18, 2024
'Killer electrons' play pinball with space weather around Earth "Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet. Space · Oct 18, 2024
To make nuclear fusion a reliable energy source one day, scientists will first need to design heat- and radiation-resilient materials Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy. Fusion reactors aim to reproduce on Earth what happens in the core of the Sun, where very light elements merge and release energy in the process. Engineers can harness… The Conversation · Oct 18, 2024
Alien life could lurk on Mars beneath protective ice, study suggests 'Photosynthetic habitable zones' could exist beneath radiation-filtering ice on Mars, offering scientists another region in which to hunt for alien life. Space · Oct 17, 2024
NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper had a rocky road to space. How it switched rockets and more to launch to Jupiter NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper probe overcame huge obstacles, including a switch to an entirely different rocket, to launch toward Jupiter. Here's how it happened. Space · Oct 14, 2024
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA's Europa Clipper probe to explore icy Jupiter ocean moon (video) Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated astrobiology mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa. Space · Oct 14, 2024
Europa Clipper to blast off on mission to find out if Jupiter moon may hold life $5bn Nasa mission will assess whether ice-covered moon that is thought to have twice Earth’s water is habitable The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024
Breast cancer awareness method: Debunking myths about mammograms and saving lives Breast cancer is a growing concern in India, and globally. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) identifies it as the most common cancer among women in our country. Worryingly, over the past decade, experts have observed and reported an alarming rise in breast cancer afflicting younger women, between the… The Times of India · Oct 13, 2024
Mammograms and breast cancer treatment: Separating facts from myths Breast cancer is a growing concern in India, and globally. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) identifies it as the most common cancer among women in our country. Worryingly, over the past decade, experts have observed and reported an alarming rise in breast cancer afflicting younger women, between the… The Times of India · Oct 13, 2024
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2024
'Unspeakable Horror': The Attacks On Hiroshima And Nagasaki The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors who are advocating for "a world free of nuclear weapons". International Business Times · Oct 11, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024 The Office star Jenna Fischer shares emotional post after ‘aggressive’ breast cancer diagnosis Fischer told followers she is fortunately now cancer free after completing ‘surgery, chemotherapy and radiation’
The Conversation · Oct 8, 2024 A geomagnetic storm has hit Earth – a space scientist explains what causes them A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky in parts of the US during the first weekend in October. South Africa’s National Space Agency (Sansa) told reporters that the storm had originated from a solar flare “that erupted from sunspot 3842 on October 3”. It said this was the strongest…
International Business Times · Oct 7, 2024 Kazakhs Approve Plan For First Nuclear Power Plant Kazakhstan has approved a plan to build its first nuclear power station in a referendum, overcoming lingering resentment over massive radiation exposure from Soviet-era nuclear tests.
Inverse · Oct 5, 2024 What Really Happens When You Try to Tan Away Your Acne Studies in human skin cells have also shown some potential benefits from UVB rays – including killing Propionibacterium acnes; the bacterium thought to be responsible for acne.
Inverse · Oct 2, 2024 A Retired Cold War Spy Plane Discovered Something Really Weird About Thunderstorms Out of 10 thunderstorms the aircraft flew over, 9 of them were alight with gamma rays, suggesting that large thunderstorms churn up gamma rays shockingly often.
Space · Sep 28, 2024 Did dark matter help black holes grow to monster sizes in the infant cosmos? Could dark matter decay have given massive clouds of hydrogen gas the time they needed to birth supermassive black holes seen by the James Webb Space Telescope?
LiveScience · Sep 27, 2024 Newest Starlink satellites are leaking even more radiation than their predecessors — and could soon disrupt astronomy A new study reveals that Generation 2 Starlink satellites are leaking up to 30 times more radio waves than their predecessors. If SpaceX continues to deploy the newer versions as planned, we could reach an "inflection point" where astronomers can no longer properly study the cosmos, researchers warn.
The Conversation · Sep 27, 2024 TikTok ‘sunburning’ hack won’t heal your acne – but it may put you at risk of skin cancer Social media is full of questionable advice. But one of the latest skincare hacks some users are sharing online is seriously worrying. Some content creators on TikTok are claiming that getting a sunburn or spending time in a tanning bed will help get rid of acne.
The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024 The universe is smoother than the standard model of cosmology suggests – so is the theory broken? Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven’t yet cracked all its secrets. But there are actually some pretty basic features, ones we used to think we could explain, that cosmologists are increasingly struggling to make sense of.
Inverse · Sep 25, 2024 A Weirdly Large Object In Our Asteroid Belt Could Actually Be Habitable The dwarf planet’s active geology was mixing up organic molecules pretty recently in its past.
Space · Sep 25, 2024 How black-hole-powered quasars killed off neighboring galaxies in the early universe Using the Dark Energy Camera, astronomers discovered that black-hole-powered quasars in the early universe lived in dense neighborhoods, but were "bad neighbors."