Iridium

It's not actually made of fire and ice.

The cataclysmic asteroid left deposits similar to those made by other asteroids from the outer solar system.

It was a turning point in the history of life on Earth. A new analysis of this debris has resolved a long debate about the nature of the asteroid, showing...

Evidence suggests a celestial body exploded in Earth's atmosphere 12,800 years ago. The comet burst may have cooled the climate for around 1,200 years. The post Did a comet burst crash Earth's climate 12,800 years ago? first appeared on EarthSky.

Are dinosaurs real? Most people don't have to travel too far to answer that question in the affirmative with some kind of exhibit displaying dinosaur fossils. Or simply look at any bird you can see outside your home.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: Imperial College is developing a rocket thruster called the Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster) that is so small that it can only be fabricated using techniques originally designed for making silicon chips. The entir...

A scientific working group declared that a new epoch - the Anthropocene - began in 1950, with evidence from a lake in Ontario, Canada. The post Did the Anthropocene begin in the 1950s? first appeared on EarthSky.

Humanity has always relied on a revolution in materials to advance to the next stage of civilisation. Dutch nanoparticle technology startup VSParticle says it is on the verge of opening ...

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Radio transmissions can swamp out the radio waves astronomers use to learn about black holes, newly forming stars and the evolution of galaxies.

A team led by Boston College has devised a new quantum sensor method to image and comprehend the source of photocurrent flow in Weyl semimetals. In a recent paper published in the journal Nature Physics, Brian Zhou, an Assistant Professor of Physics at Boston College, and his colleagues have unco

Scientists at CERN are making one of the most explosive substances known to humans. Unravelling its secrets could help us understand how the Universe exists.

I think all craters are cool, I'm just going to start with that. I am very biased.

Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Satellite, bringing global satellite connectivity to Android smartphones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 -- and not just in emergencies.

The feature will be free, but only on phones with the latest premium Snapdragon chips from Qualcomm.

Engineers at RMIT Australia have used high-frequency vibrations to manipulate individual water molecules during electrolysis.

Researchers from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have developed a new way of searching through 'chemical space' for materials with desirable properties.

Electrolyzers and green hydrogen production: a review and comparison of different electrolyzer technologies and costs.

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