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What’s It Like Landing on Mars?
"What’s
it like landing on Mars? Tough! But every time we land, we
learn more."
By NASA (scitechdaily.com) Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech December 29, 2021 2021 in pictures: Outstanding eye opener
images from science news this year.
"For
another year, we have experienced the awesome impact of a
changing climate, witnessed trailblazing missions to
space, and seen some incredible science."
By James Cutmore (sciencefocus.com) Photo by NASA/JPL December 28, 2021 NASA’s Webb Telescope - The Largest Space
Observatory in History - Will Have the Coolest Camera.
"Set
to launch on December 24, NASA’s James Webb Space
Telescope is the largest space observatory in history, and
it has an equally gargantuan task: to collect infrared
light from the distant corners of the cosmos, enabling
scientists to probe the structures and origins of our
universe and our place in it."
(scitechdaily.com) Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab December 19, 2021 What is causing Havana Syndrome, the
mysterious illness that has struck hundreds of US diplomats?
"Commentators have blamed everything from noisy insects to sonic weapons, but the condition could be psychological in nature." By Christian Jarrett (sciencefocus.com) (Image Credit not Found) December 14, 2021 Black Widow Neurotoxin: From Spider’s Venom to
Medical Applications.
"The
Black Widow catches its prey by using venom - to be
precise, latrotoxins (LaTXs), a subclass of neurotoxins,
or nerve poisons. A bite from a Black Widow can be fatal
for humans."
By University of Münster (scitechdaily.com) December 10, 2021 Paleontologists figure out how a pterosaur the
size of a double-decker bus was able to fly.
"The
“Texas Pterosaur’, as it is sometimes known, was first
discovered in Big Bend National Park in 1971. However,
apart from some initial descriptions of the bones, almost
no scientific studies have been carried out on the
enigmatic animal."
By Jason Goodyer (sciencefocus.com) (Image Credit not Found) December 8, 2021 Marie Curie: Facts and biography.
"Marie
Curie was a physicist, chemist and pioneer in the study of
radiation. She discovered the elements polonium and radium
with her husband, Piere."
By Mary Bagley , Jessica Leggett (livescience.com) Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) December 6, 2021 Hubble Space Telescope’s View of Planetary
Nebula Reveals Complex Structure.
"NGC
6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the
constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. This Hubble image
reveals a wealth of structure, including a spherical outer
halo that is expanding faster than the inner nebula."
By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (scitechdaily.com) Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) December 4, 2021 Your $1.00 monthly contribution is important and will help keep us online. Also, clicking on the advertisements would be an additional way of helping. |
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