Interplanetary spacecraft capture a coronal mass ejection component hidden from Earth

by quasarn01 | Aug 21, 2026 | Astronomy

During a coronal mass ejection (CME), the sun hurls billions of tons of magnetized plasma into space. These eruptions are among the most powerful events in the solar system, and when they are aimed toward Earth, they can seriously threaten the satellites and power...

China is launching a moon mission to find water ice

by quasarn01 | Aug 21, 2026 | Astronomy

We’ve known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the moon. What we still don’t know is exactly how much accessible water ice lies inside permanently shadowed craters, how deeply it is buried or what form it takes. Go to...

Century-old physics idea explains why cubic fluid equations work

by quasarn01 | Aug 20, 2026 | Latest in Physics

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a new cubic equation of state (EOS) that provides a physical justification for a mathematical structure that the chemical and petroleum industries have relied on for more than half a...

Ariz. police recruit killed, corrections officer wounded in home invasion

by quasarn01 | Aug 20, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Carlos Ramirez, a Tucson PD recruit who was days away from graduating the academy, was killed; his 23-year-old fiancée, a Pima County corrections officer, was shot Go to Source

Intense light bent out of shape—ultrafast lenses made from gas

by quasarn01 | Aug 20, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Researchers from the MPIK in Heidelberg used an atomic gas as a time-dependent lens to shape and spectrally manipulate intense high-frequency laser pulses. This gas-based optical element could pave the way toward better XUV- and X-ray pulse control for applications...