Using the upgraded Very Large Array, astronomers have produced a detailed radio map of the upper 100 kilometers of Jupiter’s atmosphere, revealing the complex movement of ammonia gas that shapes …read more Source:: Science
Month: June 2016
Astronomers smash cosmic records to see hydrogen in distant galaxy
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•An international team of scientists has pushed the limits of radio astronomy to detect a faint signal emitted by hydrogen gas in a galaxy more than five billion light years …read more Source:: Science
Pluto’s polygons may have been formed by convection
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•On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of the quilted appearance of the Sputnik Planum region of the dwarf planet’s surface. …read more Source:: Science
Male orb-weaving spiders cannibalized by females may be choosy about mating
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•In a colonial orb-weaving spider, Cyrtophora citricola, females often eat the males after mating, but it is often the males that choose their mates, according a new study. …read more Source:: Science
CoreOS harnesses Kubernetes to tame container storage
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•By Serdar Yegulalp CoreOS, maker of the super-tiny Linux distribution for running containers and advocate for better container security, is tackling a major container problem: How do we do persistent storage …read more Source:: OpenSource
Hydraulic fracturing chemical spills on agricultural land need scrutiny
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•Hydraulic fracturing, a widely used method for extracting oil and gas from otherwise impenetrable shale and rock formations, involves not only underground injections composed mostly of water, but also a …read more Source:: Science
Neanderthals used fire in caves: French cave sheds new light on the Neanderthals
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•Deep inside Bruniquel Cave, in the Tarn et Garonne region of southwestern France, a set of human-made structures 336 meters from the entrance was recently dated as being approximately 176,500 …read more Source:: Science