by quasarn01 | Mar 16, 2026 | Astronomy
One particularly well-known fact about the moon is that it doesn’t have much of a magnetosphere to speak of. There’s no blanket to protect it from the solar wind ravaging its surface, blowing away its atmosphere and charging the notoriously dangerous dust...
by quasarn01 | Mar 16, 2026 | Astronomy
Thermonuclear reaction rates power the models that explain how stars live, explode and create the elements. A new study co-authored by NC State faculty member Richard Longland provides a comprehensive, statistically grounded reevaluation of these rates, offering a...
by quasarn01 | Mar 16, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
The case, which is headed to the Nevada Supreme Court, could clarify who determines eligibility for the department’s GPS monitoring program Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Mar 16, 2026 | Astronomy
Here is a problem that has been quietly gnawing at astronomers for decades. The standard approach to detecting life on other worlds involves scanning exoplanet atmospheres for oxygen, methane, and ozone, whose presence is difficult to explain without biology....
by quasarn01 | Mar 16, 2026 | Astronomy
Europa is not supposed to look the way it does. Jupiter’s icy moon is scarred by a chaotic patchwork of fractured terrain, crisscrossed ridges, and disrupted surface regions that suggest something dynamic is happening beneath its frozen shell. Scientists have...
