New research published in the journal Science reveals the Red Planet’s mantle preserves a record of its violent beginnings. The inside of Mars isn’t smooth and uniform like familiar textbook illustrations. Instead, new research reveals it’s chunky — more like a Rocky Road brownie than a neat slice of Millionaire’sContinue Reading
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago our solar system formed from a huge disk of gas and dust orbiting our Sun. The asteroids we see today are some of the most complete artifacts of this formation left for us to observe, like the screws, offcuts, and other debris leftover at aContinue Reading
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories about solar explosions. This discovery bridges small-scale events near Earth with massive solar eruptions that shape space weather. The data provides crucial insights to improve predictions of solar storms thatContinue Reading
When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort toContinue Reading
When we launched the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center in 2023, we had one clear goal: help customers turn AI potential into real business value. We’ve already guided thousands of customers across industries from financial services to healthcare—including Formula 1, FOX, GovTech Singapore, Itaú Unibanco, Nasdaq, NFL, RyanAir, and S&PContinue Reading
Imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes in Venus’ cloud-top temperature, revealing unseen patterns in the temperature structure of various waves. A team led by the University of Tokyo collated infrared images from 2015-25 to estimate brightness temperatures on dayContinue Reading
The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS Web. The study marks a major milestone in extragalactic astronomy, providing unprecedented insights into the formationContinue Reading
Gam1983 It’s headlines like this that make one wonder: are we on the cusp of a recession? The number of U.S. corporate bankruptcy filings reached its highest level since early 2020 in June, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported. Some 75 new corporate bankruptcy filings were recorded last month alone, rivaledContinue Reading
vchal China’s trade surplus surged to $99.05 billion in June 2024 from $69.80 billion in the same period a year earlier, surpassing market expectations of $85 billion, marking the largest trade surplus since July 2022, as exports jumped while imports unexpectedly fell. In June, China’s exports surged 8.6% year-on-year, markingContinue Reading
Bonnie Cash/Getty Images News The commercial property sector will likely remain stressed for years, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told the Senate Banking Committee on the first day of his semi-annual testimony to Congress. “It is a risk that has been with us and will be with us for someContinue Reading
