NASA and partners are building the first quantum gravity sensor for space, a breakthrough instrument that uses ultra-cold atoms to detect tiny shifts in Earth’s gravity from orbit. With potential applications ranging from mapping hidden…
Category: Earth
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NASA’s Quantum Sensor Could Revolutionize Gravity Mapping
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GOES‑19 Goes Live: Tracking Hurricanes, Lightning, and Solar Storms in Stunning Detail
GOES-19 has taken over as NOAA’s primary geostationary eye in the Western Hemisphere, joining GOES‑18 to deliver unprecedented detail on global weather. It tracks hurricanes, atmospheric rivers, wildfires and more with high‑resolution…
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Cracking the Code of Megaquakes: Inside the 3D Simulation That Changes Everything
Researchers have built a powerful new 3D earthquake simulation that reveals how massive quakes like the 2023 Turkiye disaster unfold in terrifying detail. By modeling not just the fault but the surrounding Earth structure, they were able to…
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The Dust Awakens: NASA Captures Spring Storm Surge Over China’s Harshest Desert
In China’s Tarim Basin, spring brings fierce dust storms fueled by dry landscapes and shifting winds. NASA satellites captured stunning images of dust plumes rising and curling through mountain valleys, with data revealing how sun-driven…
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The Earthquake That Raced at Supersonic Speed – And Tore a 400km Scar Through Myanmar
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped across central Myanmar, producing one of the world’s largest fault ruptures and causing devastation across Myanmar and nearby regions. Seismologists presented groundbreaking insights on the rupture’s…
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When the Sky Dimmed: Unraveling a Century of Sunlight Loss and Recovery
Sunlight reaching Earth’s surface isn’t as stable as we might think—it’s actually fluctuated dramatically over the decades due to pollution and clean air efforts. An international team of researchers dug into decades of solar radiation…
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300-Million-Year-Old Iridescent Fossil May Be One of Earth’s Rarest Prehistoric Gems
A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ammonite fossil with brilliant mother-of-pearl iridescence, similar to Canada’s prized gemstone “ammolite.” This…
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Supershear Earthquake in Burma Shifted Ground 20 Feet – Satellites Captured It All
A massive 7.7 earthquake and powerful aftershock struck near Mandalay, Burma, shaking buildings and damaging infrastructure as far as Bangkok. Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency revealed dramatic ground shifts of over 6…
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Europa’s Plume Morphology Shaped by Gas Drag
How do the water vapor plumes on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, contribute to the interaction between the moon’s surface and subsurface environments? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary…
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Tectonic Plates Have a Memory – And It’s Changing What We Know About Earth
Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock composition within oceanic plates, caused by ancient tectonic processes, can significantly affect the path and speed of…
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