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A robotic manufactured from ice may adapt and restore on different worlds
Some of the most alluring destinations in space exploration are frozen worlds of ice. Take Jupiter's moon Europa, for example. Its warm salty ocean below the surface is buried under a lunar-wide ice sheet. What's the best way to explore…
UW researchers discover that wildfire smoke makes the local weather cooler than pc fashions –…
From the University of Wyoming
January 12, 2021
The UW Mobile Lab measured the burning smoke from biomass in Wyoming several years ago. This is an example of the type of field measurement used to compare against the computer…
Together with his new enlargement, Juno will go to Jupiter’s moons
The Juno mission to Jupiter has been extended to September 2025 - or how long the spacecraft can still operate around Jupiter.
While Juno has so far only focused his attention on the giant planet, the mission expansion will include…
Planetary Sleuthing Finds Triple Star World – Watts Up With That?
From NASA
January 11, 2021
This illustration shows the planet KOI-5Ab moving across the face of a sun-like star that is part of a triple star system located 1,800 light years away in the Cygnus constellation. Credits: Caltech / R.…
Astronomers see swirling climate on the closest brown dwarf
Brown dwarfs are the weird non-planets but non-stars in the universe, and astronomers have wondered for decades whether their atmospheres are streaked like Jupiter's or spotty like the Sun's. A team of astronomers at the University of…
A Robust Vibe River Approaches – Watts Up With That?
Reposted from the Cliff Mass Weather Blog
January 10, 2021
The strongest atmospheric river of the season so far is imminent and will reach our coast tomorrow (Monday).
Atmospheric rivers are fascinating beings. Why does the…
Stellar torches can’t have an effect on a planet’s habitability
Red dwarf stars are the most common type of stars in our neighborhood and probably in the Milky Way. Because of this, many of the Earth-like and potentially life-sustaining exoplanets we have discovered are in orbit around red dwarfs.…
The coral islands are getting greater and larger regardless of the local weather change.
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to the Australian ABC, most of the tropical coral islands in the Pacific Ocean that were studied by the University of Auckland maintain their size or grow in size despite the effects of global…
There is no such thing as a strategy to measure the pace of sunshine in a single path
The special theory of relativity is one of the most strongly corroborated theories that humanity has ever developed. It's central to everything from space travel to GPS to our power grid. Central to the theory of relativity is the fact…
The LA Occasions requires a “non-proliferation treaty” for fossil fuels to struggle…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Los Angeles City Council is outraged that the California government has not curtailed fossil fuel supplies. However, they have not taken any steps to ban the sale of gasoline or other fossil fuels in the…