Weird New Total Solar Eclipse Photo Sheds Light On Mysteries Of The Sun The Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 experiment collected unique data on the sun's corona during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. 04/25/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon The great planetary instability coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon — could the two events be linked? 04/25/2024 - 1:01 am | View Link
Something is Affecting Gravity in our Solar System, and Astronomers Say It Could Be an Unknown Planet Scientists believe they may be closing in on a mysterious, unseen "Planet 9" that could be lurking in our solar system. 04/24/2024 - 1:50 am | View Link
NASA Launches Solar Sail to Test Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel A new experimental mission by NASA is now flying in orbit, aiming to use photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes. 04/24/2024 - 1:33 am | View Link
Our solar system may have a ‘hidden planet,’ scientists say According to Scientific American, there are objects known as “trans-Neptunian objects” (TNOs) that hang around beyond Neptune. One of them, Sedna, was observed to have a strange orbit when compared to ... 04/22/2024 - 4:52 am | View Link
What is a Planet? | Planets – NASA Solar System Exploration A planet is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. 04/24/2024 - 10:02 am | View Website
Planets Our solar system has eight planets, and five dwarf planets - all located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy called the Orion Arm. PLANET FACTS. Mercury. The swiftest planet. Venus. Earth's superheated twin sister. Our homeworld. Mars. The Red Planet. Jupiter. King of the planets. Saturn. Jewel of the solar system. Uranus. 04/24/2024 - 9:19 am | View Website
All About the Planets | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Our solar system is home to eight amazing planets. Some are small and rocky; others are big and gassy. Some are so hot that metals would melt on the surface. Others are freezing cold. We're learning new things about our neighboring planets all the time. We send spacecraft to take pictures, gather information, and find out more about them. 04/24/2024 - 8:14 am | View Website
Solar System In order from the Sun, they are four terrestrial planets ( Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars ); two gas giants ( Jupiter and Saturn ); and two ice giants ( Uranus and Neptune ). All terrestrial planets have solid surfaces. Inversely, all giant planets do not have a definite surface, as they are mainly composed of gases and liquids. 04/24/2024 - 7:31 am | View Website
Solar system | Definition, Planets, Diagram, Videos, & Facts solar system, assemblage consisting of the Sun —an average star in the Milky Way Galaxy —and those bodies orbiting around it: 8 (formerly 9) planets with more than 210 known planetary satellites (moons); many asteroids, some with their own satellites; comets and other icy bodies; and vast reaches of highly tenuous gas and dust known as the inter... 04/24/2024 - 7:10 am | View Website
In high-rises around the world, gashes and slashes are the hot new architectural trend.
Featuring dramatic cuts in the facade or portions of floor plates sliced away—a new kind of architectural detail is reshaping the exterior of high-rise towers on a global scale. Distinctive gashes are splitting the surface of new buildings with a kind of surgical intent.
Interest in Apple’s spatial computer has apparently fallen off a cliff too. Here’s why, and why Apple’s loss isn’t Meta’s gain
Earlier this month I started looking into whether anyone was buying the Apple Vision Pro after I noticed that social media discourse about Apple’s spatial computer seemed to have all but disappeared within weeks of its launch.
The three most common forms of toxic leadership create self-defeating cultures that stifle innovation, undermine trust, and destroy engagement.
Leadership is key to any successful organization. Leadership is not only responsible for the most critical organizational decisions, but also shaping the culture of the organization. As Peter Drucker famously noted, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Drucker’s observation is difficult to dispute.
The 100% affordable apartment building is the first in the city to be permitted under a state law designed to streamline new construction.
Until recently, a strip of land near a transit station in San Francisco was an underused parking lot. Now it’s home to more than 100 affordable apartments.
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
This story was originally published by Grist and Public Health Watch.
Seymourpowell’s Caroline Jacob on the power of biotech and how it can transform materials.
Biofabrication has been selling the promise of a harmless, resilient, and versatile alternative to traditional materials for nearly a decade, and yet the industry has never truly scaled. Efforts are often stymied by complex, labor-intensive, and expensive processes.