Science! (8 Viewers)

[Optimus Prime]

‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this month

Halley-type comet that orbits once every 71.3 years will be easier to spot as it passes by bright stars, say astronomers

www.theguardian.com

 

[longtime lurker]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/climate/mars-earth-ocean-currents-climate-intl/index.html

 

[Tapxe]

Radical New Discovery Could Double The Speed of Existing Computers

Imagine your laptop running twice as fast without any hardware upgrades; only the application of smarter software algorithms.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[longtime lurker]

Scientists stick materials with electricity in a shocking discovery - Interesting Engineering

By passing small electric charge, different types of materials can be bound together firmly. The attraction can be reversed with ease.

interestingengineering.com

 

[bonnjer]

Nuclear fusion for the grid is coming much sooner than you think

Commercial nuclear fusion has gone from science fiction to science fact in less than a decade. Even well-informed members of the West’s political class are mostly unaware of the quantum leap in superconductors, lasers, and advanced materials suddenly changing the economics of fusion power.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Sailorsaint]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/climate/mars-earth-ocean-currents-climate-intl/index.html

Every 2.4 million years, Mars tugs on Earth so hard it changes the ocean floor

A new geological study suggests that Mars' gravitational field pulls the Earth closer to the sun over cycles lasting millions of years, warming our climate.

www.livescience.com

 

[fred8615]

Asteroid the size of 16.5 John Cenas to pass Earth on Friday, March 15 - NASA

Asteroid 2024 EK3, around the size of three and a half adult female American bison (aka buffalo), and 2020 FU, the size of 16.5 John Cenas will pass Earth on the day Julius Caesar was killed.

www.jpost.com

So what is that in Abdullah the Butchers? 5?

 

[Sailorsaint]

Are Andromeda and the Milky Way Already Exchanging Stars?

I often drag out the amazing fact that the Andromeda Galaxy, that faint fuzzy blob just off the corner of the Square of Pegasus, is heading straight for us! Of course I continue to tell people it won’t happen for a few billion years yet but a recent study suggests that we are already seeing …...

www.universetoday.com

 

[longtime lurker]

Aging Voyager 1 sends back surprising response after ‘poke’ from Earth

Engineers have sent a “poke” to the Voyager 1 probe and received a potentially encouraging response as they hope to fix a communication issue with the aging spacecraft that has

www.applevalleynewsnow.com

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Aging Voyager 1 sends back surprising response after ‘poke’ from Earth

Engineers have sent a “poke” to the Voyager 1 probe and received a potentially encouraging response as they hope to fix a communication issue with the aging spacecraft that has

www.applevalleynewsnow.com

Takes a licking, keeps on ticking...

 

[Sailorsaint]

Takes a licking, keeps on ticking...

It seems that is true for a lot of our older technologies, but the new and improved ones seem to break down or malfunction all too easily.

 

[Optimus Prime]

It seems that is true for a lot of our older technologies, but the new and improved ones seem to break down or malfunction all too easily.

As true for satellites as it is for a fridge from Sears

 

[fred8615]

This Louisiana archeological site is older than the Egyptian pyramids

In Louisiana sits an ancient archeological site, even older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge.

www.klfy.com

 

[Merl]

This Louisiana archeological site is older than the Egyptian pyramids

In Louisiana sits an ancient archeological site, even older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge.

www.klfy.com

I used to drive through that area back in the late 90's . Never knew there was an archeological site there. The road it is off of often floods in the winter.

 

[Zztop]

Mathematicians finally solved Feynman’s “reverse sprinkler” problem

We might not need to "unwater" our lawns, but results could help control fluid flows.

arstechnica.com