China aims to complete space station, break launch record in 2022

China is aiming to eclipse a new national launch record set last year while also completing its three-module space station with six related missions in 2022. The China National Space Administration is preparing to launch two new space station modules, named Wentian and Mengtian, on separate Long March 5B rockets in the coming months.  The … Read more

The Biggest Galaxy Ever Found Has Just Been Discovered, And It Will Break Your Brain

Astronomers have just found an absolute monster of a galaxy. Lurking some 3 billion light-years away, Alcyoneus is a giant radio galaxy reaching 5 megaparsecs into space. That’s 16.3 million light-years long, and constitutes the largest known structure of galactic origin.   The discovery highlights our poor understanding of these colossi, and what drives their … Read more

How Olympic Figure Skaters Break Records with Physics

Today’s figure skaters are performing feats of athletic prowess that were unimaginable only a few decades ago. At the Winter Olympics in Beijing last week, U.S. skater Nathan Chen took home the gold with short program and free skate performances packed with quadruple jumps and triple Axels. And 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva became the … Read more

Oceans Break Heat Record for Third Year in a Row

The world’s oceans reached their hottest levels on record in 2021. It’s the third year in a row it’s happened, and it’s driven almost entirely by human-caused climate change, scientists announced yesterday. The findings are presented in a paper published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. As excess heat accumulates in the atmosphere, caused by continued greenhouse … Read more

Thwaites glacier could break free of Antarctica by 2030

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier could break free of the continent within 10 years, which could lead to catastrophic sea level rise and potentially set off a domino effect in surrounding ice Environment 13 December 2021 By Adam Vaughan Thwaites glacier on the West Antarctic ice sheet NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck The front of a “doomsday glacier” in Antarctica … Read more

Thwaites glacier could break free of Antarctica by 2030

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier could break free of the continent within 10 years, which could lead to catastrophic sea level rise and potentially set off a domino effect in surrounding ice Environment 13 December 2021 By Adam Vaughan Thwaites glacier on the West Antarctic ice sheet NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck The front of a “doomsday glacier” in Antarctica … Read more