NASA has just announced that the International Space Station (ISS) will be deorbited in January 2031. Launched in 1998, this laboratory should normally dive about 2,700 kilometers from Point Nemo. Located in the Pacific, it is the farthest point from any landmass. A controlled plunge in 2031 In November 2000, Bill Shepherd Yuri Gidzenko and […]
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Astronomers have identified the first exoplanet with a layered atmosphere like Earth’s. However, make no mistake: this world is unlivable. It is also one of the most extreme ever discovered. Several observatories have led to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets in the galaxy. What astronomers would like now is to characterize some of these […]
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A team of paleontologists describes the discovery of hundreds of tiny fossilized fecal pellets piled up in the skull of a dead fish around nine million years ago. These coprolites were deposited there by scavengers, probably worms. About nine million years ago, in southern Maryland, small worms infiltrated the skull of a dead fish of […]
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Seven years ago, SpaceX launched its first interplanetary mission to deliver a large climate observatory more than a million kilometers from Earth. However, the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket used during this mission must soon cross the orbit of the Moon. According to a researcher, an impact could take place in March. After […]
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The objective of the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel is to plant millions of trees to fight against desertification. Nevertheless, Quebec researchers believe that this project could generate unexpected and sometimes even negative effects. A very ambitious project In 2017, we mentioned an African Union project to erect a forest barrier in the […]
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Despite the restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the obvious difficulties in traveling, the London Natural History Museum has managed to compile a significant list of new animal and plant species. Some species of dinosaurs New species of plants, algae and even insects have recently been added to the data from the Natural History […]
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A team of researchers has announced the discovery of the remains of a young man who was killed around 3,600 years ago by a tsunami created by a massive volcanic eruption. Details of this work are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://www.pnas.org/content/119/1/e2114213118) A cataclysmic explosion About 3,600 years ago, an […]
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While humans are sensitive to the sun, so are migratory birds. They still spend their days in the air, closer to the Sun due to height gain. Fortunately, these birds have a trick to avoid overheating as reported in a recent study. Resist the severity of the Sun Did you know that one in five […]
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Plastic is a real problem for the environment and for living things. While recycling appears to be a solution, a recent study looked at the toxic additives and other pollutants that these materials contain. Recycling would not be ideal A lot of waste ends up in the seabed, which poses the problem of its recovery […]
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A little more than twelve hours after the launch of Ariane 5, the thrusters of the James Webb Telescope successfully fired to correct its trajectory. This was one of the most critical manoeuvres of the weeks-long journey towards Point L2. After several years of waiting, it’s finally done! This Saturday, December 25 at 13:20, French […]
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