China’s Yutu 2 rover beams back stunning image after 3 years on moon’s far side

Time-lapse imaging of Yutu 2 progress across the lunar landscape. (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) China’s Yutu 2 rover has returned a view of its path over three years of travels across the harsh environment of the moon’s far side. The new images — released by Ourspace, a Chinese language science outreach channel affiliated with … Read more

Tropical storms: Ocean waves from cyclones could be focused like laser beams

Computer modelling of cyclone Mekunu, which hit the coast of Oman in 2018, reveals that ocean currents may have focused waves from the storm into straight beams that hit the coast of India and Pakistan Physics 3 March 2022 By Bas den Hond Debris litters a beach after cyclone Mekunu hit Salalah, Oman, in May … Read more