Tonga volcano: Massive eruption was a once-in-a-millennium event

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The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption has already triggered a tsunami, a sonic boom and thousands of lightning bolts, and could now lead to acid rain Earth 17 January 2022 By Alice Klein Satellite photo of the eruption CIRA/NOAA/Handout via REUTERS The massive explosion of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga on Saturday was its … Read more

The best Hubble Space Telescope images of all time!

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(Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Tan (Chalmers University of Technology); Processing; Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)) Prawn nebula The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Prawn Nebula floating through deep space.  The Prawn Nebula, formally known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located 6,000 light-years from Earth, in … Read more

You can watch SpaceX launch more than four dozen Starlink internet satellites tonight. Here’s how.

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A SpaceX rocket will launch a new fleet of the company’s Starlink internet satellites into orbit tonight (Jan. 17) and you can watch it live online.  In what will be SpaceX’s third flight of 2022, the company is set to loft 49 Starlink satellites into space on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Launch Complex … Read more

Scorching alien planet takes seasons to an extreme

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Scientists got a close look at an extreme case of seasons thanks to a retired NASA telescope. Researchers used NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to film a year on an exoplanet called XO-3b. Conveniently, a year on this world lasts only three Earth days. Within that time, the exoplanet experiences a one-day-long summer and a two-day-long … Read more

Launching with Blue Origin: Q&A with spaceflight veteran Dylan Taylor

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Dylan Taylor is a “space angel,” an investor in NewSpace, and in December he reached a new career high — literally. He flew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spacecraft on its NS-19 mission.  That mission, which took place on Dec. 11, was Blue Origin’s third human spaceflight but its first to carry six passengers. … Read more

Earth’s Insides Are Cooling Faster Than We Thought, And It Will Mess Things Up

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Earth formed 4.5 billion years or so ago. Ever since then, it’s been slowly cooling on the inside. While the surface and atmosphere temperatures fluctuate over the eons (and yes, those external temperatures are currently warming), the molten interior – the beating heart of our planet – has been cooling this entire time.   That’s … Read more

Why You Should Never Quit Fruit During a Low-Carb Diet, According to Science

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One of my patients – who had been struggling with obesity, uncontrolled diabetes and the cost of her medications – agreed in June 2019 to adopt a more whole-food plant-based diet.   Excited by the challenge, she did a remarkable job. She increased her fresh fruit and vegetable intake, stopped eating candy, cookies and cakes … Read more

Scientists Identify Specific Gene Variant That Protects Against Severe COVID-19

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Researchers have discovered a protective gene variant that seems to shield people from severe cases of COVID-19, and the finding could lead to new breakthroughs in fighting the coronavirus.   Since much earlier in the pandemic, scientists have been busily investigating how patient genetics influence the severity of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, exposing the inherited factors … Read more