A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
Predicting an insect community structure based on genomic…
Researchers have discovered a rule to predict an arthropod community structure based on the genomic variation in a foundation tree species. [caption id="attachment_14697" align="alignnone" width="830"] Some of the arthropod species found on the alder (Alnus…
BepiColombo image montage
[caption id="attachment_14688" align="alignnone" width="700"] ESA/ATG medialab[/caption] The BepiColombo mission to Mercury passed a review milestone last week, confirming that it can leave Europe and begin preparations for launch at the Kourou spaceport. The spacecraft and ground…
MIT and newly formed company launch novel approach…
Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years. [caption id="attachment_14684" align="alignnone" width="639"] Visualization of the proposed SPARC tokamak experiment. Using high-field magnets built with newly available high-temperature superconductors, this experiment would…
BepiColombo gets green light for launch site
[caption id="attachment_14681" align="alignnone" width="625"] BepiColombo approaching Mercury[/caption] Europe’s first mission to Mercury will soon be ready for shipping to the spaceport to begin final preparations for launch. The mission passed a major review yesterday, meaning…