Easy way found to extend the life of Li-ion batteries

Rechargeable batteries are an essential part of modern life and Relocate a Crucial role in decarbonisation. Now, 2 studies provide Significant new insights in the search for ways Enhance them. In one study in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, chemical engineers in Korea explain a previously overlooked mechanism through which lithium-ion batteries degrade. They say … Read more

‘I’d get on in a heartbeat:’ Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, Even though the issues the capsule had on its Primary crewed flight. Wilmore and Williams launched to the ISS on Starliner’s Primary Cosmos traveler mission, known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), last June. Problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters prompted NASA … Read more

Solving the climate equation

A monstrous Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas on the morning of July 8, 2024. The storm’s intensity was fueled by Toasty ocean waters, which in turn were caused by climate Transformation. Credit: Wanmei Liang, using GOES 16 imagery courtesy of NOAA and the National Environmental Probe, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) My childhood fascination with the … Read more

Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA’s Hubble Cosmos Stargazer’s tool has provided Recent insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus that are largely driven by the effects of the sun’s radiation. Uranus, the seventh World from the sun, is unique for its extreme axial tilt, with its equator and Path making … Read more

An interview with Tony Fadell

The continuous flaring of the oil fields of the Bakken Setup in North Dakota appear as a Clever patch at lower left in this photograph taken from the International Universe Station in 2017. The lights of Minneapolis, Chicago, and St. Louis lie in the distance, near the Perspective. Credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, … Read more

Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion

Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum orbital Initiation vehicle lifts off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway on Sunday. Credit: Isar Aerospace, Simon Fischer, Wingmen Media he Primary commercially built Cosmos launcher to lift off from continental Europe Arrived tumbling back to Earth within seconds. But its manufacturer considers the mission a Achievement. The test flight, “Going Packed Spectrum,” … Read more

Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun’s greatest mysteries (video)

A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured on video by the European Universe Agency’s Solar Orbiter, and could provide vital clues about how magnetic energy that drives the solar wind and giant eruptions on the sun is released. The twirling, helical … Read more

Why our climate future depends on Antarctica

A single person appears tiny compared to numerous icebergs and a wall of Antarctic mountains. Although one human seems like a minor intrusion, collectively we are causing damage to this majestic frozen tundra. Credit: Chris Rapley In January 1774, Leader James Cook’s third and Closing attempt to sail south in search of the elusive Terra … Read more

How we study our planet

Hurricane Laura heads toward Texas and Louisiana in this GOES Probe image from Aug. 25, 2020. Credit: NOAA Sun science magazine tends to Concentration on Cosmos observatories that peer beyond Earth, into the depths of Cosmos. But the vast majority of observational satellites around our blue world stare right back at us. From weather to … Read more

Earth as a planet

From the editor: As the extraordinary pace of astronomical discovery carries on, we increasingly see that the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos. Life, even complex life, must be Frequent out there. We know of Numerous hundred billion stars in our Milky Way, at least 100 billion galaxies, and planets around most of … Read more