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Scientists Use AI to Predict Sunspot Cycles – Watts Up With That?
For the first time, scientists have used artificial intelligence to not only predict sunspots, but also to correct the incomplete recording of past sunspot activity.
A new paper just published in Advances in Space Research by Dr.…
An concept to clarify darkish matter – ultra-light bosons – fails the check
Dark matter continues to resist our best efforts to contain it. While dark matter remains a predominant theory of cosmology, and there is much evidence to support a universe filled with cold dark matter, any search for particles of dark…
Science Information vs. Science – Watts Up With That?
News Analysis by Kip Hansen – 21 April 2021
Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
The journalist‘s job is to find out : Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and then to explain them to the audience – readers or…
The enormous planet is at an excessive distance from its star
One of the best things about the sheer number of exoplanets astronomers are currently discovering is that some are just very different. These differences can sometimes undermine existing theories and lead scientists to consider new…
NASA’s Mars Rover extracts the primary oxygen from the Pink Planet – what is the level?
From NASA
April 21, 2021 PUBLICATION 21-044
Technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower the MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) instrument into the belly of the Perseverance Rover. Credits:…
New Horizons is now 50 astronomical items from the solar
As the spaceship New Horizons speeds towards interstellar space, it has now reached a historic milestone. On April 17, 2021, New Horizons passed 50 astronomical units, or 50 times the distance of the earth from the sun. It is only the…
Decarbonization and Rolling Blackouts in California in 2020 – What’s Up with it?
Reposted by the Institute for Energy Research
April 20, 2021
"... The shutdown of the base load and the dispatchable generation has exceeded the substitute capacity with adequate properties, which are necessary to maintain the…
Blue Origin’s newest new Shepard flight is a hit as passengers climb on board (and disembark…
In 2000, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, a commercial space company that would become one of the crown jewels of its financial empire. Unfortunately, Blue Origin has lost ground in recent years to companies like…
The Newest US CO2 Fantasy – Watts Up With It?
Guest contribution by Willis Eschenbach
I see Joe Biden is about to propose a new carbon target. That goal would be to cut half of 2005 CO2 emissions by 2030. So I thought I'd see what that would mean.
In 2005, the US emitted…
Catch comet R4 ATLAS because it approaches Earth
The coming weeks are a great time to catch Comet C / 2020 R4 ATLAS ... while you can.
Do you fancy spring astronomy? With temperatures in the northern hemisphere warming up from April to May, the galaxy season is just around the corner.…