Tracing the geological history of spring rains: Why they diminish in North America and emerge in East Asia
In ancient China, spring rains were called "as precious as oil" for their vital role in nature's spring revival. Today, a unique climate phenomenon known as "spring persistent rainfall" (SPR) prevails ...
Plastic trash in bird nests documents the Anthropocene epoch
What if expiration dates could tell us more than when something goes bad? Scientists have found that dates on plastic food ...
Geologists Found the World’s Oldest Crater—and It Might Have Jumpstarted All Life on Earth
Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...
Earth’s Oldest Crater May Have Jumpstarted Life
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Geologists have now unearthed ...
Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests
Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic ...
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From interstellar dust to life beyond Earth: Why scientists can't wait for NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope
A modest NASA space telescope with grand ambitions will soon launch into an orbit around Earth. Here's why scientists are excited about it.
NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...
NASA’s Newest Telescope Just Woke Up and It’s About to Change Astronomy
NASA’s SPHEREx mission has successfully communicated with Earth, marking the start of an ambitious journey to map the cosmos.
NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off from Vandenberg to map sky, explore dawn of universe
Besides the telescope, SpaceX’s Falcon rocket provided a lift from Vandenberg for a quartet of NASA satellites called Punch.
SpaceX Again Scrubs Launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on ...
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Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought
We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and ...