A Chinese icebreaker ship crashed into an iceberg at the South Pole
By Ryan Pickrall From Business Insider In a burst of irony, a Chinese icebreaker crashed into an iceberg over the weekend. The Xue Long, which was traveling at relatively low speeds at the time, collided with an iceberg obscured by…
Ghost particle from space
For the first time, an elusive ghost particle blasted from deep space is seen on Earth BY MARK KAUFMAN From Mashable Billions of years ago, a supermassive black hole feeding on gas and dust in the center of a galaxy…
Jupiter’s storms
New photos show just how badass Jupiter’s storms are BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable We all know about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the extreme, Earth-sized storm that’s been swirling on the huge planet for decades. But what about the world’s…
ESA picks two tiny spacecraft to study the dark side of the Moon
By Jon Fingas, From engadget The cubesats will provide insight into lunar activity you rarely see. Tiny cube spacecraft aren’t just useful around Earth’s orbit. The European Space Agency has chosen two winners in a competition to build cubesats that…
Carbon dioxide levels race past troubling milestone
From Science Daily Date:October 5, 2016 Source: NOAA Summary: Carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere passed a troubling milestone for good this summer and locked in levels of the heat-trapping gas not seen for millions of years. Carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere…
Rescue flight leaves South Pole evacuating sick worker for treatment
From Wn.com A sick worker at a polar station located at the South Pole was airlifted from the site early Wednesday by a small plane making a daring rescue mission, U.S. officials said. The Canadian-owned Twin Otter turboprop plane is…
